ID 1250690
Lot 57 | CAMILLO PROCACCINI (1555-1629)
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
The Transfiguration
etching
circa 1587-1595
on laid paper, watermark Pilgrim in Shield (similar to Woodward 9)
a very fine, atmospheric impression of this rare, large and important print
first state (of two)
printing with much plate tone and strong vertical wiping marks
trimmed to or on the platemark, with narrow to thread margins in places
generally in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 572 x 345 mm.
Provenance
Unidentified, an inscription in dark brown ink verso, probably 19th or early 20th century (not in Lugt).
Dr. Ture Lundh (1896-1983), Bergen, Norway (Lugt 6064); his anonymous sale, Christie's, London, Important Old Master Prints from a Private Collection, 26 June 1985, lot 237 (to Prouté).
With Paul Prouté, Paris.
Sam Josefowitz (1921-2015), Lithuania, Switzerland, USA and England (Lugt 6094); probably acquired from the above; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch 4
| Artist: | Camillo Procaccini (1551 - 1629) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
| Artist: | Camillo Procaccini (1551 - 1629) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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