Lot 29
  • 29

Martin Schongauer

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Martin Schongauer
  • Christ before Pilate (B. 14; L., Holl. 24)
  • engravings
  • B. 14 sheet: 161 by 113mm 6 3/8 by 4 1/2 in
  • B. 48 sheet: 90 by 51mm 3 1/2 by 2in
Engraving, circa 1475-80, from The Passion of Christ, a very good impression printing with plate tone and touches of burr, on paper with a Bull's Head watermark (cf. M. 62, dated c. 1441-1481); and Saint Philip (B., L., Holl. 48), engraving, circa 1480, from The Apostles, a good impression of this rare subject

Provenance

B. 14 ex coll. Giuseppe Storck (L. 2318); Wilhelm Koller (L. 1583); and Eduard Schultze (L. 906)

Condition

B. 14: Trimmed to or fractionally within subject at left, right, and top, trimmed on the borderline at bottom, in good condition apart from a little paper thinning at the sheet corners and associated mount-staining. B. 48: With a thread margin at the top, trimmed on the borderline at right and bottom, to the subject at left, in good condition apart from a few minor areas of paper thinning and residual mounting at the left sheet edge.
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