Lot 128: JACQUES DE GHEYN II (1565-1629) Portrait of Hugo Grotius, aged 15 Plate 89 x 107 mm., Sheet 133 x 105 mm.

JACQUES DE GHEYN II (1565-1629)
Portrait of Hugo Grotius, aged 15
engraving, 1599, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression of the first state (of two), with margins on three sides, trimmed on the platemark at right, with a strip of paper added to the right sheet edge, otherwise in very good condition
Plate 89 x 107 mm., Sheet 133 x 105 mm.

British Museum, London (Lugt 302), with their duplicate stamp (Lugt 305), signed by John Gere, Keeper of Prints & Drawings, 1973-81.
With Christopher Mendez, London.
Acquired from the above, on 6 April 1998.