Live auction - Lot 131
[Italian]
Woodcut from "De Arte bene Moriendi".
Venice, Johannes Baptista Sessa, 1503
Hammer price: €
280
€ 250 / 300
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Lot description
Woodcut, 14,0 x 10,9 cm, laid paper, wide margins.
Very rare Venetian print with the religious theme of Ars Moriendi, popularised by the end of the 15th c. The print shows a man on his death bed, accompanied by two angels, the Holy Trinity and St Anthony. At bottom the condemned are going to hell. 3 banderoles read "SIS.HVMILIS.SVPERBVS.PVNIO.VICTVS.SVM". The scene is framed by a decorative border with foliage. On verso a section of the text of Ars Moriendi in Italian. The woodcut originates from a 1503 edition of De Arte bene Moriendi, published by Sessa.
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