Velde II, J. van de (1593-1641). The Star of the Kings

Chiaroscuro etching, 21 x 16.5 cm, after P. de Molijn, signed "PMolyn Fe" and w. the address of Claes Jansz. Visscher (misspelled "Visschr") in the plate. Good impression on fine laid paper w. unidentified watermark, trimmed on the plate mark (leaving sm. margins around the borderlines). Smoothed-out horizontal folds. Hollstein Dutch 149, 3rd and final state, though four states are known (Rijksmuseum, Franken & Van der Kellen 110, 3rd state (of 4); Hollstein XIV (after P. Molyn), 12.)