ID 1250714
Lot 34 | HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550)
Estimate value
£ 1 000 – 1 500
The Holy Family beneath a Canopy
woodcut
circa 1520-30
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine, even impression
printing very strongly, with great clarity and contrasts
with small margins
in very good condition
Block 124 x 85 mm.
Sheet 133 x 93 mm.
Provenance
Unidentified, purple stamp verso (not in Lugt).
Sam Josefowitz (1921-2015), Lithuania, Switzerland, USA and England (Lugt 6094); then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Pauli, Hollstein 890; Bartsch 121
| Artist: | Hans Sebald Beham (1500 - 1550) |
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| Applied technique: | Woodcut |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany |
| Artist: | Hans Sebald Beham (1500 - 1550) |
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| Applied technique: | Woodcut |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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