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Andrea Mantegna
Battle of the Sea Gods (B.XIII, 239, 17-18; H.V. 5-6; Royal Academy cat. 79)
engravings, circa 1475, printed on two joined sheets of laid paper, B.17 Hind's first state (of two), B.18 Hind's only state, good, uniform but later impressions, with margins or unevenly trimmed on or just inside the platemark, showing very nearly the full composition, some vertical and one horizontal fold mainly in the right sheet partly split and repaired a loss bottom centre made-up in pen and ink, a much smaller made-up loss to the fishes being held upper left, three other losses in blank areas at the sheet edges, some discolouration and staining, other lesser defects, laid
overall S.345 x 840mm.
Battle of the Sea Gods (B.XIII, 239, 17-18; H.V. 5-6; Royal Academy cat. 79)
engravings, circa 1475, printed on two joined sheets of laid paper, B.17 Hind's first state (of two), B.18 Hind's only state, good, uniform but later impressions, with margins or unevenly trimmed on or just inside the platemark, showing very nearly the full composition, some vertical and one horizontal fold mainly in the right sheet partly split and repaired a loss bottom centre made-up in pen and ink, a much smaller made-up loss to the fishes being held upper left, three other losses in blank areas at the sheet edges, some discolouration and staining, other lesser defects, laid
overall S.345 x 840mm.