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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NORWEGIAN COLLECTION
HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550) AFTER BARTHEL BEHAM (1502-1540)
Adam and Eve
Details
HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550) AFTER BARTHEL BEHAM (1502-1540)
Adam and Eve
engraving, 1543, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine impression of the third state (of five), printing sharply, with great sculptural quality and a light plate tone, with thread margins or trimmed just inside the platemark but outside the borderline, in very good condition
Plate 81 x 56 mm.
Sheet 82 x 57 mm.
Adam and Eve
engraving, 1543, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine impression of the third state (of five), printing sharply, with great sculptural quality and a light plate tone, with thread margins or trimmed just inside the platemark but outside the borderline, in very good condition
Plate 81 x 56 mm.
Sheet 82 x 57 mm.
Provenance
Probably Herman Muehlstein (1879-1962) New York; Parke-Bernet, New York, 14 March 1963, lot 10 (erroneously as fifth, final state).
Literature
Bartsch 6; Pauli, Hollstein 7
Brought to you by
Stefano Franceschi
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