Melchior Küsel ( 1626-1683 ), Vanitas. Two etchings

etching, 237 x 228 mm (platemark); 290 x 355 mm (sheet). From an unidentified series. Beautiful impressions on thin laid paper with watermark (letter SW above a cross). On the lower margins, beyond the platemark, long inscriptions in German. Little cut-outs with numbers "32" and "33" glued in the bottom right corner of the platemark. Sheets in good condition, with the lower part reinforced and the missing corners, restored. Some creasing and oxidation. On one of the sheets, handwritten note in blue ink.