Etching, 1641, a good impression, on laid paper, with a partial Basilisk watermark, with c. 1/4-inch margins, in good condition apart from pale light-stain, a small repaired hole in the right foreground, an old central vertical fold, two short repaired tears at left, a small paper loss at the upper left margin corner

The print has pale light-stain and pale scattered foxing. There is a very small repaired hole in the foreground at right. There is a small spot of old adhesive (?) in the sky at right. There is a short 1/4-inch bear (backed) in the left margin, and another of the same length in the upper left margin. There is a 1/4 by 1/4-inch repaired paper loss in the upper left margin corner.
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