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    Lot 249 – Herman van Swanevelt (Woerden, 1603 – Paris, 1655), Mercury Transforms Battus into a stone, Rome first half of 17th century

    June 20, 2022

Lot 249 – Herman van Swanevelt (Woerden, 1603 – Paris, 1655), Mercury Transforms Battus into a stone, Rome first half of 17th century

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Lot 249 – Herman van Swanevelt (Woerden, 1603 – Paris, 1655), Mercury Transforms Battus into a stone, Rome first half of 17th century

Current Auction: N. 17 
AMERICAN DESIGN & EUROPEAN GRAPHICS
( Rome, July 06-07, 2022 - 5:00 P.M. CEST )

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Elegant engraving on laid paper and watermark, signed at the foot ‘H. swaneuelt fecit Rome’; a specimen of this work is now in the Metropolitan Museum of New York. Flaws present, unframed. Copper engraving, dimensions 7.8×10.4 in.

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