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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
ISRAHEL VAN MECKENEM (1440-1503)
The Organ Player and his Wife
Details
ISRAHEL VAN MECKENEM (1440-1503)
The Organ Player and his Wife
engraving
circa 1495-1503
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine impression of this very rare print
first state (of three)
printing with good contrasts, clarity and depth
with a light plate tone
with thread margins and a 4-6 mm. blank borders outside the subject
in very good condition
Plate 169 x 119 mm.
Sheet 171 x 120 mm.
The Organ Player and his Wife
engraving
circa 1495-1503
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine impression of this very rare print
first state (of three)
printing with good contrasts, clarity and depth
with a light plate tone
with thread margins and a 4-6 mm. blank borders outside the subject
in very good condition
Plate 169 x 119 mm.
Sheet 171 x 120 mm.
Provenance
Baron Hans Albrecht von Derschau (d.1824), Nuremberg (Lugt 2510); sold as part of his collection to the Prussian state in 1835. Kupferstichkabinett der Königlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606); acquired from the above; with their de-accession stamp (Lugt 5615).
Fritz Rumpf (1856-1927), Potsdam (Lugt 2161); his sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 18-23 May 1908, lot 880 ('Vorzüglicher Abdruck von tadelloser Erhaltung und mit Rändchen. Von grösster Seltenheit.') (ill.) (Mk. 4,500; to Artaria).
With Artaria & Co., Vienna.
Rudolf Ritter von Gutmann (1880-1966), Vienna (Lugt 2770); presumably acquired from the above; confiscated by the Nazi authorities, and transferred to the Zentraldepot at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 29 August 1941 and restituted to the Gutmann family in July 1947.
Private European Collection; then by descent to the present owners.
Fritz Rumpf (1856-1927), Potsdam (Lugt 2161); his sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 18-23 May 1908, lot 880 ('Vorzüglicher Abdruck von tadelloser Erhaltung und mit Rändchen. Von grösster Seltenheit.') (ill.) (Mk. 4,500; to Artaria).
With Artaria & Co., Vienna.
Rudolf Ritter von Gutmann (1880-1966), Vienna (Lugt 2770); presumably acquired from the above; confiscated by the Nazi authorities, and transferred to the Zentraldepot at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 29 August 1941 and restituted to the Gutmann family in July 1947.
Private European Collection; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch 175; Lehrs, Hollstein 507
Brought to you by
Stefano Franceschi
Specialist