6550 - German

German Second half of the 16th century. Finch hunting with nets. Gouache with gold highlights; on the reverse: coat of arms of the Schäler family of Ulm, mounted on a larger album leaf. 10.5 x 8.3 cm (illustration), 18.9 x 15.1 cm (album leaf). Marked with a city gate and the letter M (fragment; cf. Meder 261: ca. 1577–1590) on the album leaf. A similar depiction of the rare motif of finch hunting can be found in the engraving by Philips Galle after Stradanus from his series “Hunts and Animal Scenes,” which was first published in Antwerp in 1578/80 (Hollstein 456). Provenance: Edmond Lévy-Ditisheim (1896–1988), Basel. Acquired by inheritance into a private collection in Germany. - Please request condition reports for the lots, as the condition is usually not specified in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.