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Lot 55
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Lucas van Leyden

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • Lucas van Leyden
  • The Raising of Lazarus (New Hollstein 42)
  • Engraving
  • Sheet: 278 by 200mm; 11 by 7 7/8 in
Engraving, circa 1507, a very good impression, with polishing scratches, on paper with a Shield with Crowned Letter R watermark (cf. Briquet 8993, dated 1499)

Provenance

A duplicate from the British Museum, London (L. 300, 305)

Condition

Trimmed on or just within the borderline, two tears at upper and upper right edges (circa 10-15mm), a small paper loss at centre of lower edge, a horizontal repair at left edge extending into the standing figure in the tree, further repairs mainly towards the sheet edges, other minor defects, a few horizontal folds (some mainly visible verso), unframed.
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