ID 793395
Lot 138 | MARTIN SCHONGAUER (CIRCA 1445-1491)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
The Death of the Virgin
engraving, circa 1470-74, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good impression of the third, final state, still printing with strong constrasts and clarity, yet thinly along the extreme edges, trimmed to or just inside the borderline, in good condition
Sheet 253 x 169 mm.
Provenance
Dr Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Fürth, Munich and Untergrainau, Germany, and Mount Vernon, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.
Literature
Bartsch 33; Lehrs, Hollstein 16.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | Martin Schongauer (1448 - 1491) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Germany |
| Artist: | Martin Schongauer (1448 - 1491) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Germany |
| Address of auction |
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