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The Whites wrote to both Scandinavian institutions and Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum replied, identifying the monogram on the back of the prints through F. Lugt’s Marques de Collection as belonging to Heinrich Stiebel, “a citizen of Frankfurt.” The engravings had been sold at a six-day auction of Stiebel’s estate. November 10-16, in 1920, according to Rijksmuseum.
"Now we’re at the part of the research we're so terribly interested in,” Emmet said. “How did the engravings get to Rappahannock? How did they last so long and stay so well preserved?”
The Whites are still looking for the solution to that puzzle. “It's a great deal of fun,” Emmet remarked.
“When you get the answers!” added his detective partner.
In the meantime, the Whites will have the prints on display at their antique shop in Sperryville this Sunday and just maybe, some historical buff will be able to add another piece to the puzzle of Maria Sibylla’s engravings.
“Their value is more historical than financial,” Emmet said. “But there’s probably not an older engraving or work of art of any kind in this area.”
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