Lot Essay
The engraving has been researched and certified by the Art Loss Register. The certificate is available on request.
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT FAMILY COLLECTION
ISRAHEL VAN MECKENEM (1440-1503)
Saints Thomas and James the Lesser, from: The Apostles in Half-Figures
Details
ISRAHEL VAN MECKENEM (1440-1503)
Saints Thomas and James the Lesser, from: The Apostles in Half-Figures
engraving, circa 1485-90, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression of this rare print, first state (of two), trimmed to or just inside the borderline and blank border below, some small, very skilful repairs in places along the sheet edges, generally in good condition
Sheet 210 x 143 mm.
Saints Thomas and James the Lesser, from: The Apostles in Half-Figures
engraving, circa 1485-90, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression of this rare print, first state (of two), trimmed to or just inside the borderline and blank border below, some small, very skilful repairs in places along the sheet edges, generally in good condition
Sheet 210 x 143 mm.
Provenance
Albertina, Vienna, with their duplicate stamp (Lugt 5d).
Carl Hirschler (1871-1941) & Rose Hirschler, née Dreyfus (1886-1963), Amsterdam & Haarlem (Lugt 633a).
Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 24 June 1983, lot 147 (’Tadelloses, vollkommenes Exemplar, in ausgezeichneter früher Druckqualität des 1. Zustandes und in sauberer Erhaltung … So schön von grosser Seltenheit.‘). (CHF 18,500)
A Family Collection, USA; acquired at the above sale.
Carl Hirschler (1871-1941) & Rose Hirschler, née Dreyfus (1886-1963), Amsterdam & Haarlem (Lugt 633a).
Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 24 June 1983, lot 147 (’Tadelloses, vollkommenes Exemplar, in ausgezeichneter früher Druckqualität des 1. Zustandes und in sauberer Erhaltung … So schön von grosser Seltenheit.‘). (CHF 18,500)
A Family Collection, USA; acquired at the above sale.
Literature
Bartsch 81; Lehrs, Hollstein 296
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Stefano Franceschi
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