Lot 19
  • 19

Andrea Mantegna

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andrea Mantegna
  • The Entombment (Bartsch 3; Hind 2; Martineau 39)
  • engraving
  • sheet: 252 by 415mm 9 7/8 by 16 3/8 in
Engraving, circa 1460 (?), a very good, early impression of the second (final) state

Provenance

Ex coll. R. von Liphart (L. 1758); and an unidentified collector's mark (possibly F. Lehmann, L. 1024)

Condition

Trimmed within subject all around, upper corners made-up, a vertical 5cm repaired tear touched-in with pen and ink at centre of upper edge, a central vertical fold and minor horizontal creases at upper part of image (mainly visible verso), a few other lesser defects and restorations, unframed.
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