ID 793314
Lot 186 | ANDREA ANDREANI (1558/59-1629) AFTER RAFFAELINO DA REGGIO (1550-1578)
Estimate value
£ 2 500 – 3 500
The Entombment
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in black, two shades of ochre and mushroom, 1585, on laid paper, watermark Head with pendant Letters CL (similar to Briquet 15650; Pisa, 1588-89), a fine, early impression of this large and uncommon print, printing strongly and evenly, with narrow to thread margins at right and below, trimmed to or just outside the borderline elsewhere, some folds and repairs
Block 413 x 322 mm.
Sheet 416 x 323 mm.
Provenance
Battista Venturi (d. 1899), Reggio Emilia (Lugt 1550; his blindstamp recto); his sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 1-4 May 1899, lot 246 ('Ausgezeichneter Abdruck') (Mk. 10; to Gutekunst).
Private Collection, Southern Germany; acquired in 1959; then by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Bartsch 24; Gnann 199 & 200; Takahatake 101
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Artist: | Andrea Andreani (1558 - 1629) |
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Applied technique: | Woodcut |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Artist: | Andrea Andreani (1558 - 1629) |
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Applied technique: | Woodcut |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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