Hercules and the Nemean Lion (B. 17)
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Niccolò Vicentino (active 1540), after Raphael (1483-1520)
Hercules and the Nemean Lion (B. 17)
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in black and light brown, circa 1530, with a Large Imperial Orb with a Small Clover Leaf watermark, a fair impression of the second (final) state, with Andrea Andreani's monogram, trimmed to the border, some time staining, a few thin spots at the upper right, the lower left corner creased, backed along the sheet edges on the reverse, defects at the sheet corners on the reverse where previously mounted, otherwise generally in good condition
B., S. 253 x 194 mm.
Hercules and the Nemean Lion (B. 17)
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in black and light brown, circa 1530, with a Large Imperial Orb with a Small Clover Leaf watermark, a fair impression of the second (final) state, with Andrea Andreani's monogram, trimmed to the border, some time staining, a few thin spots at the upper right, the lower left corner creased, backed along the sheet edges on the reverse, defects at the sheet corners on the reverse where previously mounted, otherwise generally in good condition
B., S. 253 x 194 mm.
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