(d'après) Marteen de VOS
Anvers 1532 – 1603
Mercy guiding the repentant sinner soward penance
Title page from a series of 10 prints depicting repentant sinners from the Old and New Testaments
Engraving
200 × 226 mm, good margins
Fine impressions of the first state (of 4), prior to the replacement of Galle’s address, from the first edition published by Philippe Galle, long diagonal creases in the right-hand corners, several vertical creases running across the sheet, a long printer’s crease in the lower margin, a small printer’s crease at the top of the subject, small tears and restored tears along the upper edge.
On the reverse, stains and traces of old adhesive.
Watermark: Letter P surrounded by the initials DA (close to Heawood 3045) and the letter J?
Reference: Hollstein 1137 i/iv