ANONYMOUS 16TH CENTURY NORTHERN ITALIAN

Lot 40
02.07.2024 11:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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£ 2 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1250747
Lot 40 | ANONYMOUS 16TH CENTURY NORTHERN ITALIAN
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
ANONYMOUS 16TH CENTURY NORTHERN ITALIAN
Ecce Homo
woodcut
first half 16th century
on sturdy laid paper, watermark Maltese Cross
a good but later impression of the first state (of three), before the addition of the monogram
printed by Officina Soliani, Modena, in 1828 or 1864 (no early impressions are known)
trimmed to or just inside the borderline
some small defects
generally in good condition
Sheet 384 x 302 mm.




Provenance

Prince d'Essling, Duc de Rivoli (according to the label on the back of the frame).



Literature

Catalogo generale delle incisioni in legno per uso di tipografie di varie epoche di antica spettanza degli eredi di Bartolomeo Soliani, Modena, 1864, p. 73.
Lippmann F., "Der italienische Holzschnitt im XV. Jahrhundert", in: Jahrbuch der Königlich-Preussischen Kunstsammlungen, 1884, Bd. V, ed. 1969, p. 167.
Field. R. S., The Illustrated Bartsch 161-166 (Supplement). German single leaf woodcuts before 1500: Anonymous artists, New York, 1987-2008, no. 855.
Laura Aldovini, David Landau, Silvia Urbini, Atlante delle xilografie italiane del Rinascimento,
ALU.0004.2, https://archivi.cini.it/storiaarte/detail/14223/stampa-14223.html, ISBN 978-88-96445-24-2
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