[The Finding of Moses] Affigis Tharidas...
Egidius Coninxlogensis Inucntoz. Nicolaus de Bruyn Sculptoe. 1601. Fine & rare engraving, 420 x 655mm (16½ x 25¾"). Thread margins. Glued to album paper in corners. Central crease where previously folded. A biblical scene set in a wooded landscape: a man stands on a riverbank holding a cradle with an infant, while Pharaoh’s daughter and her attendants watch from the opposite shore; a stag appears at left, with towns lining a winding river in the background. After Flemish painter Gillis van Coninxloo (1544–1607) and engraved by engraver and publisher Nicolaas de Bruyn (1571 - 1656). New Hollestein 23.
[Ref: 68098] £750.00