Der Leichnam am Galgen bei Mondlicht. Ca. 1666/1668.
Etching.
Parthey 418. Monogrammed in plate. Veyr rare strong impression on laid paper, before the plate had been used up. With tiny margin around bordering line. 24.9 x 19.8 cm (9.8 x 7.7 in).
Sheet 10 of the series "Die Matrone von Ephesus". Illustration by Hollar for Petronius, translated and released by John Ogilby, in "Aesopic's", London 1666/1668. [CB].

PROVENANCE: Formerly collection of John Barnard (died in 1784), London (verso with initials, cf. Lugt 1420).