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A Bishop Saint (Saint Augustine?)
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MARTIN SCHONGAUER (CIRCA 1445-1491)
A Bishop Saint (Saint Augustine?)
engraving
circa 1469-82
on laid paper, without watermark
a very good but slightly later impression
extremely rare
printing with good clarity and contrasts
trimmed inside the platemark but with a fillet of blank paper almost all around the borderline
a few small thin spots
generally in very good condition
Sheet 89 x 61 mm.
A Bishop Saint (Saint Augustine?)
engraving
circa 1469-82
on laid paper, without watermark
a very good but slightly later impression
extremely rare
printing with good clarity and contrasts
trimmed inside the platemark but with a fillet of blank paper almost all around the borderline
a few small thin spots
generally in very good condition
Sheet 89 x 61 mm.
Provenance
Dr Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Fürth, Munich and Untergrainau, Germany, and Mount Vernon, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.
Literature
Bartsch 61; Lehrs, Hollstein 55
Brought to you by
Stefano Franceschi
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