ANTONIO DA TRENTO (CIRCA 1510–1550) AFTER PARMIGIANINO (1503-1540)

The Martyrdom of two Saints

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ANTONIO DA TRENTO (CIRCA 1510–1550) AFTER PARMIGIANINO (1503-1540)
The Martyrdom of two Saints
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in black and two shades of brown, circa 1527-30, on laid paper, without watermark, an underscribed colour variant, a good impression of Takahatake's second, final state, printing with some gaufrage verso, beginning to show some tiny wormholes and minor losses at the lower sheet edge, with thread margins, the wormholes skilfully touched in with pen and brown ink, an irregular forked paper split at left, with the usual vertical drying fold, otherwise in good condition
Block 293 x 480 mm., Sheet 294 x 484 mm.

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 12 July 1973, lot 30.
With Colnaghi, London, acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above, on 20 August 1973.

Literature

Bartsch 28; Gnann 61; Takahatake 36-37

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Lot Essay

To our knowledge no other impressions in this colour variant have been offered at auction within the last thirty years. A similar colour variant, yet with lighter tones of brown and with similar minor losses in the lower part of the black, is the British Museum (no. 1890,0415.123).

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