ID 1250784
Lot 1 | MARTIN SCHONGAUER (CIRCA 1445-1491)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
Christ carrying the Cross
engraving
circa 1470-74
on laid paper, watermark Small Bull's Head with Cross of Saint Anthony (similar to Lehrs 28)
a fine impression of this rare and important, monumental print
printing strongly and clearly, with good contrasts
partially remargined, some skilfully restored defects
Sheet 289 x 432 mm.
Provenance
Count Alexandre Borisovitch Lobanoff-Rostovsky (died circa 1880), Saint Petersburg (see Lugt 2005; without mark). (according to the owner's records).
Albert W. Blum (1882-1952), Switzerland and Short Hills, New Jersey (Lugt 79 b).
With August Laube, Zurich.
Sam Josefowitz (1921-2015), Lithuania, Switzerland, USA and England (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above in 1989; then by descent to the present owners. (this impression cited in Hollstein).
Literature
Bartsch 21; Lehrs, Hollstein 9
| Artist: | Martin Schongauer (1448 - 1491) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Germany |
| Artist: | Martin Schongauer (1448 - 1491) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Germany |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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