ID 1250687
Lot 51 | GIORGIO GHISI (1520-1582) AFTER LUCA PENNI (CIRCA 1500/04-1577)
Estimate value
£ 1 000 – 1 500
Venus and the Rose
engraving
1556
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine, silvery impression of the second state (of four)
printing sharply and with good contrasts
trimmed to or just inside the platemark
with some stains and other small defects
generally in good condition
Sheet 306 x 214 mm.
Provenance
Albertina, Vienna, with their de-accession stamp verso (Lugt 5g).
Dr. Ture Lundh (20th century), Bergen, Norway (not in Lugt) (according to Sotheby's 1987 catalogue).
Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1987, lot 527.
Eric G. Stanley (1923-2018), Oxford; acquired at the above sale (through Artemis).
Literature
Bartsch 40; Massari 207; Lewis & Lewis 22
| Artist: | Giorgio Ghisi (1520 - 1582) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
| Artist: | Giorgio Ghisi (1520 - 1582) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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