Lot 31
  • 31

Israhel van Meckenem

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Israhel van Meckenem
  • The Massacre of the Innocents (Geisberg 39; Lehrs, Hollstein 58)
  • Engraving on paper
  • Sheet: 271 by 187mm; 10 5/8 by 7 3/8 in
Engraving from The Life of the Virgin, circa 1495, a fine, early impression of this rare work, printing with great contrasts, on paper with Letter R within a Shield  (cf. Briquet 8987, dated 1493)

Condition

Possibly remargined beyond the borderline which has been slightly touched up in pen and ink, trimmed fractionally into the signature below, the subject in good condition, minor surface dirt towards the sheet corners, some pale staining in places verso, unframed.
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