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HIERONYMUS BOSCH Ca. 1450 – s’Hertogenbosch – 1516
 
HENDRICK GOLTZIUS
1558 Mühlbrecht (near Venlo) – 1617 Haarlem
Cripples, fools, musicians, and beggars on crutches or wooden legs.
 
Engraving, ca. 1560. Anonymous after Bosch.
Inscribed in the plate “Jer Boshe Invent.”
and “Aux quatre vents”
With the text : “Al dat op den blauwen trughelsack, gheerne leeft/ Gaet meest al Cruepele, op beÿde sÿden, Daerom den Cruepelen Bisschop veel dienaers heeft/Die om een vette proue, den rechtenganck mijden. “
29.2 x 21.2 cm.
 
The print is probably based on a drawing in the Albertina. It is extremely rare. We found only four impressions.
Provenance; this impression mentioned in Hollstein. From the collections of Carl Ritter von Zepharovich, Wien (Lugt 1653 and 2675) and Dr. Julius Hofmann, Wien (Lugt 1264)
 
Excellent impression. Square paper.
Watermark; coat of arms Hollstein 153.
 
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