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Entombment with three Birds
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ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI ANTONIO DA BRESCIA (CIRCA 1460 - CIRCA 1520) AFTER ANDREA MANTEGNA (1431-1506)
Entombment with three Birds
engraving, circa 1490-1500, on thin laid paper, with Eagle watermark, a good but slightly later impression of this very rare engraving, printed in brownish-grey ink, trimmed into the subject by approximately 30 mm. above and below and 20 mm. at the sides, a 15 mm. tear at the right edge, the left sheet corners made up, other lesser repaired tears and splits
Plate & Sheet 390 x 301 mm.
Entombment with three Birds
engraving, circa 1490-1500, on thin laid paper, with Eagle watermark, a good but slightly later impression of this very rare engraving, printed in brownish-grey ink, trimmed into the subject by approximately 30 mm. above and below and 20 mm. at the sides, a 15 mm. tear at the right edge, the left sheet corners made up, other lesser repaired tears and splits
Plate & Sheet 390 x 301 mm.
Provenance
Sotheby’s, London, 14 May 1981, lot 511.
Acquired at the above sale by the current owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the current owner.
Literature
Bartsch XIII. 228. 2; Hind 48. 11; Martineau 30
J. A. Levenson, K. Oberhuber & J. L. Sheenan, Early Italian Engravings, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1973, no. 79.
J. A. Levenson, K. Oberhuber & J. L. Sheenan, Early Italian Engravings, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1973, no. 79.