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La Vergine Maria siede sulla mezzaluna con il Bambino Gesù in grembo. Maria indossa una corona di stelle e il Bambino Gesù tiene in mano una sfera. In ovale con scritte sul bordo 'GLORIA HIERUSALEM LAETITIA ISRAEL, HONORIFICENTIA POPULI.' Bulino, 1595, firmato in lastra in basso 'Joan: Sadeler fecit et excudit. 1595.' Magnifica prova, impressa su carta vergata coeva, rifilata alla linea marginale, in buono stato di conservazione. Esemplare privo della firma in basso. Bibliografia F. W. H. Hollstein Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts. vols. 1-64, Amsterdam, 1954–2010, cat. no. XXI.130.284, p. 130. The Virgin Mary sits on the crescent moon with the Christ child on her lap. Mary wears a crown with stars and the Christ Child holds an orb in her hand. In oval with edge lettering. Engraving, 1595, lettered in plate, in oval frame: 'GLORIA HIERUSALEM LAETITIA ISRAEL, HONORIFICENTIA POPULI.'; in lower margin: 'Joan: Sadeler fecit et excudit. 1595.' Magnificent proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed at marginal line, in good condition. Example lacking the signature at the bottom. Bibliografia F. W. H. Hollstein Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts. vols. 1-64, Amsterdam, 1954–2010, cat. no. XXI.130.284, p. 130. Cfr.