Live auction - Lot 323
[German]
4 engravings with biblical and mythological subjects.
Nuremberg, 1541
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
Various sizes and conditions.
Stuck under passe-partout.
1. Solomon's judgement. From series "Stories of the Old Testament". Engraving, 1529-1533, 5 x 7,5 cm, signed in plate with monogram at upper left (trimmed just within borderlines). Good dark impression. Ref. German Hollstein 16 . - Bartsch 23. - 2. The punishment of Virgil's mockstress. From series "Story of Virgil". Engraving, 1541, 6 x 8,3 cm, signed in plate with monogram at lower centre (trimmed to platemarks, sl. worn around edges). Later grey impression. Ref. German Hollstein 137.1. - Bartsch 88. - 3. The three Marys at the tomb. From series "The Life of Christ" (26 pl.). Engraving 1535-1536, 3,9 x 5,9 cm, signed in plate with monogram at lower left corner (trimmed short within borderlines). Later grey impression of 1st state. Ref. German Hollstein 59. - Bartsch 46. - 4. Paris and Oenone. Engraving, 1539, 12 x 7,8 cm, Signed with monogram at lower right (trimmed to borderline). Good uniform impression, superior to BM copy. Ref. German Hollstein 123. - Bartsch 72. (4 pcs)