ID 1250785
Lot 38 | HIERONYMUS HOPFER (ACTIVE 1528-1563) AFTER MANTEGNA (CIRCA 1431-1506)
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
Silenus
etching
mid-16th century
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine, tonal impression of the very rare first state (of two), before the Funck number
with narrow margins
in very good condition
Plate 154 x 220 mm.
Sheet 158 x 223 mm.
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1998, lot 167.
Sam Josefowitz (1921-2015), Lithuania, Switzerland, USA and England (Lugt 6094); acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch 28; Hollstein 32
| Artist: | Andrea Mantegna (1431 - 1506) Hieronymus Hopfer (1500 - 1550) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany |
| Artist: | Andrea Mantegna (1431 - 1506) Hieronymus Hopfer (1500 - 1550) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany |
| Address of auction |
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