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Jacques Bellange — The Virgin And Child With Distaff And An Angel (walch 9; Griffiths/hartley 8a)
Jacques Bellange

The Virgin And Child With Distaff And An Angel (walch 9; Griffiths/hartley 8a)

A masterwork of early seventeenth-century printmaking, this fine and rich impression showcases Bellange's distinctive Mannerist sensibility through the intimate scene of the Virgin and Child accompanied by an angel. Rendered in a sophisticated combination of etching and engraving, the composition demonstrates the artist's characteristic elongated figures and theatrical elegance. This scarce second state, before the address of Le Blond, retains exceptional tonal depth and survives on period paper bearing a partial Large Grapes watermark.

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Etching and engraving, circa 1615, a fine, rich impression of this scarce subject, Walch's second state (of three), before the address of Le Blond, on paper with a partial Large Grapes watermark (cf. G/H. 11), unframed

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March 19, 2020

Estimate: $18,000$22,000

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Jacques Bellange, The Virgin And Child With Distaff And An Angel (walch 9; Griffiths/hartley 8a)

A masterwork of early seventeenth-century printmaking, this fine and rich impression showcases Bellange's distinctive Mannerist sensibility through the intimate scene of the Virgin and Child accompanied by an angel. Rendered in a sophisticated combination of etching and engraving, the composition demonstrates the artist's characteristic elongated figures and theatrical elegance. This scarce second state, before the address of Le Blond, retains exceptional tonal depth and survives on period paper bearing a partial Large Grapes watermark.

Medium
Etching and engraving, circa 1615, a fine, rich impression of this scarce subject, Walch's second state (of three), before the address of Le Blond, on paper with a partial Large Grapes watermark (cf. G/H. 11), unframed
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Related themes

Print, Virgin And Child, Sacred, Classical, Etching And Engraving, Religious, Flemish, Figurative, Black and White, Renaissance

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