Virtus parit honorem (...) ad immortalitatem, 1564. Engraving after Fr. Floris, publ. by H. Cock, 32,5 x 41 cm (trimmed to the borderline); engr. names "Franciscus floris inventor / H. Cock excu", lettered in cartouche below. Expertly...
Estimation :
150 / 200
Adjudication :
500 €
Description
rest. Allegory of the reward of virtue: a man embraces two naked women; the personification of Immortality, wearing a long swirling dress and sitting on a cloud, implores him, while Glory, sitting on a globe with a crown on her lap, holds a sceptre over his head. Ref. British Museum.
We join : [Landscape with St Anthony], s.d. Etching after Lucas Gassel, publ. by H. Cock, 22,7 x 32 cm; monogr. GL, lettered in lower center "Salve antoni". Good print. (2 pcs)
We join : [Landscape with St Anthony], s.d. Etching after Lucas Gassel, publ. by H. Cock, 22,7 x 32 cm; monogr. GL, lettered in lower center "Salve antoni". Good print. (2 pcs)
