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Lot 6082
Two Antique Engravings, Dutch Genre Scenes
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The first, after Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658), The Rat Trap, engraving on laid paper, 1760, engraved by Pierre François Basan (French, 1723-1779), cut margins, unframe.; the second, depicting a family in an interior, engraving on laid paper, 18th century, cut margins, unframed.

The first, 14 x 12 in.; The second 15 x 11 1/2 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

The first, repaired tear at upper right corner, wear at edges, toning, remnants of hinge tape from prior mounting to verso; the second, damp staining to lower margin, creasing and minor wear at edges, toning.