ID 887598
Lot 36 | LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER (1472-1553)
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
woodcut, circa 1513-14, on laid paper, watermark Jug, a brilliant, early impression of this very rare print, printing very sharply and evenly, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, generally in good condition
Block & Sheet 333 x 234 mm.
Provenance
G. W. Günther (mid-19th Century), Nuremberg (Lugt 1114).
Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876), Paris (Lugt 119), his sale, Drouot, Paris, 16 April 1877 (and following days), lot 1955 ('Très belle épreuve') (Fr. 55).
Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 8 June 1977, lot 30 ('Prachtvoller Frühdruck des selten vorkommenden Blattes, in ausgezeichneter Erhaltung') (CHF 31,000).
A Family Collection, USA; acquired at the above sale.
Literature
Bartsch 62; Hollstein 87
| Artist: | Lucas Cranach I (1472 - 1553) |
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| Applied technique: | Woodcut |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany |
| Artist: | Lucas Cranach I (1472 - 1553) |
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| Applied technique: | Woodcut |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany |
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