Portrait engraving

by Theodor de Bry 1528-1598 by Orlando di Lasso

$500 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Image size to platemark ca. 147 x 115 mm; sheet size 200 x 159 mm. The composer is depicted bust-length within a lettered oval border wearing a ruff, a medallion around his neck, holding an open book of music, within a decorative border incorporating floral motifs, squirrels, and cherubs with 2 lines of text to cartouche below Quantum exit melicâ ... abit ille choris. With page number 286 to upper margin. Slightly worn, browned, and foxed; small ink

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