Lot n° 395

Emblematic representations of the Twelve Months with 8-line rhyming French verses. Also mounted on the same sheet : Lottery verses in Dutch. [Antwerp?, 16th c.], 8 ll., gothic type. Very small piece of paper, c. 5 x 8,5 cm. - Spigel voor de wulpsche...

Estimation : 250 / 450
Adjudication : 1100 €
Description
ionckheyt. [Netherlands, 17th c.], small engr., c. 5 x 3,5 cm (def.). Rare emblematic allegory of beauty and death, with Dutch verse, showing a "Belle" turned into a skeleton when looking in a mirror. - Piquier Polonais, [17th c.], small engr., c. 7,5 x 5 cm.
Joined : Two emblematical engravings, 17th c.: Oval frame, c. 9 x 7,2 cm, with a quarelling woman (light) and man (dark) shown in profile. - Circular engr. portrait, diam. 7,6 cm, of a curious male figure, with rhyming French verses in manuscript in margins.
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