ID 1303505
Lot 6 | LUCAS VAN LEYDEN (1494-1533)
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
The Dance of Saint Mary Magdalene
engraving
1519
on laid paper, watermark Gothic P (New Hollstein 6c)
a very fine, early, harmonious impression of this large and important print
first state (of three), New Hollstein a
printing with great clarity and depth
trimmed to or just outside the borderline
with some small defects and repairs
generally in good condition
Sheet: 11 3/8 x 15 9/16 in. (288 x 395 mm.)
Provenance
Count Alexandre Borisovitch Lobanoff-Rostovsky (d. circa 1880), Saint Petersburg (Lugt 2005); his posthumous sale, Amsler & Ruthardt, Berlin, 26 April 1881, lot 352 ('Meisterwerk des Stechers in herrlichem Abdruck auf Papier mit dem gotischen P. Die Einfassungslinie sichtbar. Äußerst selten so schön.' (Mk 1200; this impression cited in Lugt).
Unidentified, stamped initials MC (?) in circle (Lugt 1861).
Mary Jane Morgan (1823–1885), New York (Lugt 1879); her posthumous sale, American Art Association (exp. Thomas E. Kirby), New York, 3-15 March 1886, lot 2203 (cat. price $ 62,50).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Lugt 1943, inscribed 33.79.17 in pencil); acquired in 1933; de-accessioned in 1966, with their duplicate stamp (Lugt 1808h, initialled JJM 66 by John McKendry, Curator of the Prints Department, in pencil verso).
Private Collection, California (acquired from the above through R. E. Lewis); then by descent.
With David Tunick Inc., New York (their stocknumber DTMIM5KHW in pencil verso); acquired from the above in 1978; his catalogue, Master Prints from Six Centuries, David Tunick Inc., New York, 1980, n. 20.
Alan and Marianne Schwartz Collection, Detroit; acquired from the above in 1993; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein, New Hollstein 122
Exhibited
Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, Old Master Prints from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. David Tunick, 1988.
Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., Dürer to Matisse, Prints from the Collection of Elizabeth & David Tunick, Class of 1966, 1991.
Artist: | Lucas van Leyden (1494 - 1533) |
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Applied technique: | Engraving |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
Artist: | Lucas van Leyden (1494 - 1533) |
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Applied technique: | Engraving |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
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