Lot 22
Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533)
The poet Virgil suspended in a basket
Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000
Description
Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533)
The poet Virgil suspended in a basket
Engraving, 1525, a good impression of the first state (of three), on laid paper with grapes and leaf watermark [mid 16th century; see Briquet 13.058], sheet 245 x 189mm (9 5/8 x 7 3/8in), trimmed to or just inside the platemark, printers' creases in the upper left quadrant, small nicks to extremities (unframed)
Provenance:
Colnaghi, London (inscribed with date of sale '5/8/1949' verso of mount)
Description
Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533)
The poet Virgil suspended in a basket
Engraving, 1525, a good impression of the first state (of three), on laid paper with grapes and leaf watermark [mid 16th century; see Briquet 13.058], sheet 245 x 189mm (9 5/8 x 7 3/8in), trimmed to or just inside the platemark, printers' creases in the upper left quadrant, small nicks to extremities (unframed)
Provenance:
Colnaghi, London (inscribed with date of sale '5/8/1949' verso of mount)
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