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Saint Christopher
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LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER (1472-1553)
Saint Christopher
woodcut, 1506, on laid paper, watermark Small Jug (not in Briquet), a good but later impression of the second, final state, Hollstein's edition e (after 1560), printed from the line block in black only, with narrow margins, a narrow paper loss at the upper sheet edge and some tiny losses at the corners, repaired and made-up with pen and ink, a tiny, repaired paper split in the lower rocks at right, otherwise in good condition
Block 283 x 198 mm., Sheet 286 x 202 mm.
Saint Christopher
woodcut, 1506, on laid paper, watermark Small Jug (not in Briquet), a good but later impression of the second, final state, Hollstein's edition e (after 1560), printed from the line block in black only, with narrow margins, a narrow paper loss at the upper sheet edge and some tiny losses at the corners, repaired and made-up with pen and ink, a tiny, repaired paper split in the lower rocks at right, otherwise in good condition
Block 283 x 198 mm., Sheet 286 x 202 mm.
Literature
Bartsch 58; Hollstein 79
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Tim Schmelcher