Jan SAENREDAM
vers 1565 - 1607
Mercury Presiding over the Arts
Plate from the series Sept planètes
Engraving after Hendrik Goltzius
250 × 178 mm, trimmed to the platemark
Fine impression of the first state (on 2), before the addition of the second number 6, light trace of a horizontal crease in the middle, visible on the reverse trace
Watermark: Fragmentary coat of arms (unclear)
Reference: Hollstein, Saenredam 55 i/ii; New Hollstein, Goltzius 662 i/ii