Gottfried, or Goffredo, Wals, 1590-1638

diameter 136 mm

Andresen 1

Christopher Mendez Catalogue 12, 1969, No. 185
Acquired by the British Museum

When I owned this print 50 years ago in 1969, in half shares with still my friend Paul Grinke, it was priced £20. I knew it must be rare but in those far off days I was not aware that only two other impressions were known (Metropolitan Museum, New York; Albertina, Vienna), however another unrecorded impression turned up in a Bassenge, Berlin, auction in 2007 which fetched 10,000 Euros! Lucky BM