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Allegory of Music (The Harpist)
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GEORG PENCZ (1500-1550)
Allegory of Music (The Harpist)
engraving, 1544, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression, thread margins, a vertical tear across the sheet, backed and repaired, a repaired paper split at upper left; together with Mucius Scaevola (and Porsenna), from: Roman Heroes, by the same hand, engraving, 1535, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good impression, trimmed to our just inside the platemark, the foot of the hero at the right corner slightly trimmed, a few very pale foxmarks in places, otherwise in good condition
Sheet 56 mm., diameter (H. 81)
Plate & Sheet 115 x 78 mm. (H. 126)
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Allegory of Music (The Harpist)
engraving, 1544, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression, thread margins, a vertical tear across the sheet, backed and repaired, a repaired paper split at upper left; together with Mucius Scaevola (and Porsenna), from: Roman Heroes, by the same hand, engraving, 1535, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good impression, trimmed to our just inside the platemark, the foot of the hero at the right corner slightly trimmed, a few very pale foxmarks in places, otherwise in good condition
Sheet 56 mm., diameter (H. 81)
Plate & Sheet 115 x 78 mm. (H. 126)
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Provenance
K. F. F. von Nagler (1770-1846), Bavaria and Berlin (Lugt 2529); sold as part of his collection to the state in 1835.
Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606), with their de-accession stamp (similar to Lugt 2482); acquired from the above. (H. 81).
Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606), with their de-accession stamp (similar to Lugt 2482); acquired from the above. (H. 81).
Literature
Bartsch 74, 96; Hollstein 81, 126; Landau 82, 96
Special Notice
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