Lot Essay
A later impression of this print, with the nail holes in the centre of the upper and lower edges of the plate was sold at Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 27 November 2003, lot 5170.
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Christ and the Women on the Stairs (Bartsch, Richardson 14)
Details
Andrea Meldolla (around 1510/15-1563)
Christ and the Women on the Stairs (Bartsch, Richardson 14)
etching, circa 1541/44, with an indistinct watermark, a very good, early impression of this rare print, the plate flaws printing as dark spots very pronounced, with much tone, before the two nail holes in the upper and lower edge, with narrow margins, 3-4 mm. margins below, in very good condition
P. 209 x 142 mm., S. 213 x 144 mm.
Christ and the Women on the Stairs (Bartsch, Richardson 14)
etching, circa 1541/44, with an indistinct watermark, a very good, early impression of this rare print, the plate flaws printing as dark spots very pronounced, with much tone, before the two nail holes in the upper and lower edge, with narrow margins, 3-4 mm. margins below, in very good condition
P. 209 x 142 mm., S. 213 x 144 mm.
Provenance
W. Sharp (L. 2650)
J. P. Heseltine (L. 1508)
J. P. Heseltine (L. 1508)
Literature
Ger Luijten (ed.), La Bella Maniera - Druckgraphik des Manierismus aus der Sammlung Georg Baselitz, Bern/Berlin, 1994, p. 178, no. 62 (ill.)
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium