Live veiling - Lot 178
[Dutch]
Crucifixion.
[Zwolle], c. 1589-1609
€ 100 / 200
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Beschrijving lot
Engraving, 50 x 39 cm, laid paper glued on mod. paper support, unsigned (heavily toned, occ. foxing, def. on paper at lower in lower margin without loss to text, sm. tear at right edge, trimmed at borders).
Mounted on mod. paper, loose sheet.
Middle plate out of a set of 3 engravings representing the crucifixion and the erection of the two crosses of Dismas and Gestas, the good and bad thieves. This large-scale print is a copy after Agostino Carracci's popular 1589 engraving, which was based upon a painting by the Venetian painter Tintoretto. In the lower margin the print is accompanied by a Latin prayer. Second state (of 2).
Ref. Hollstein III:1.