Live veiling - Lot 334
[Italian]
De Arte bene Moriendi.
Venice, Johannes Baptista Sessa, 1503
€ 400 / 500
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Beschrijving lot
Woodcut, 14 x 10,9 cm, laid paper, wide margin, unsigned.
Loose sheet.
Very rare Venetian print with the religious theme of Ars Moriendi, popularised by the end of the fifteenth century. The print shows a dying man on his death bed, where he is accompanied by two angels, the Holy Trinity and St Anthony. At the lower edge, the condemned are eaten by a hellish demon. Three 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.