Discovery
Description:
Nine Old Master Prints:
Charles-Nicholas Cochin (French, 1715-1790),Le Tailleur Pour Femme, signed and titled in the plate, engraving on paper, plate size 12 x 8 1/4 in., matted, unframed; Marcus de Bye (Dutch, 1639-1688),Four
Studies of Goats, etchings on paper, sheet sizes approximately 4 3/4 x 5 3/4 in., in a common mat, unframed; Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607-1677),Two Framed Etchings: Matrona Tiguriensis and Mulier Generosa Anglica, both signed in the plates, Matrona dated 1649 in the plate, plate sizes approximately 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.; Continental School, 16th/17th Century, Christ with Fishermen, with a "WM" monogram inscribed on the frame backing, plate size 3 15/16 x 3 1/4 in., framed; After Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721),Young Woman with her Family and a Musician, signed in the plate l.l., engraving on paper, sight size 9 3/8 x 10 3/4 in., framed. Condition: Most with toning, Goats with foxing, both Hollar prints with staining, works not examined out of frames.
Estimate $300-400
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