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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
MARTIN SCHONGAUER (CIRCA 1445-1491)
The Coronation of the Virgin
细节
MARTIN SCHONGAUER (CIRCA 1445-1491)
The Coronation of the Virgin
engraving
circa 1470-74
on laid paper, watermark Head in Profile with Rod and Star (Lehrs 73)
a very good impression of this rare print
printing with good clarity and contrasts
with considerable relief in the upper center of the composition and on the figure of Christ
some inconspicuous remains of gilding on Christ's crown and halo and on the Virgin's crown
trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline on all sides
a few small, skillful repairs at lower left and elsewhere
generally in good condition
Sheet 169 x 159 mm.
The Coronation of the Virgin
engraving
circa 1470-74
on laid paper, watermark Head in Profile with Rod and Star (Lehrs 73)
a very good impression of this rare print
printing with good clarity and contrasts
with considerable relief in the upper center of the composition and on the figure of Christ
some inconspicuous remains of gilding on Christ's crown and halo and on the Virgin's crown
trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline on all sides
a few small, skillful repairs at lower left and elsewhere
generally in good condition
Sheet 169 x 159 mm.
来源
Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876), Paris (Lugt 119); his posthumous sale, Danlos fils & Delisle et G. Pawlowski, Paris, 16 April -12 May 1877, lot 533 ('Très belle épreuve') (Fr. 220).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Lugt 1943, inscribed 28.92.9 in pencil), with their duplicate stamp (Lugt 1808h), inscribed with the date of de-accession 1/25/72 and initialed by John J. McKendry (Curator of the Prints and Photographs Department between 1967 and 1975) in pencil verso.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Lugt 1943, inscribed 28.92.9 in pencil), with their duplicate stamp (Lugt 1808h), inscribed with the date of de-accession 1/25/72 and initialed by John J. McKendry (Curator of the Prints and Photographs Department between 1967 and 1975) in pencil verso.
出版
Bartsch 72; Lehrs, Hollstein 17
荣誉呈献
Stefano Franceschi
Specialist