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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR LAWRENCE GOWING
NICCOLÒ VICENTINO (ACTIVE CIRCA 1540-1550) AFTER SCHOOL OF RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
Hercules and the Nemean Lion
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NICCOLÒ VICENTINO (ACTIVE CIRCA 1540-1550) AFTER SCHOOL OF RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
Hercules and the Nemean Lion
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in dark and light grey, circa 1540-50, on laid paper, without watermark, a good but later impression of the second, final state, with Andreani's address, with narrow to thread margins on three sides, trimmed to or just outside the borderline above, two horizontal tears, the lower right corner made up, the sheet backed
Block 252 x 193 mm.
Sheet 254 x 195 mm.
Hercules and the Nemean Lion
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in dark and light grey, circa 1540-50, on laid paper, without watermark, a good but later impression of the second, final state, with Andreani's address, with narrow to thread margins on three sides, trimmed to or just outside the borderline above, two horizontal tears, the lower right corner made up, the sheet backed
Block 252 x 193 mm.
Sheet 254 x 195 mm.
Provenance
Sir Lawrence Gowing (1918-1991), London; then by descent in the family.
Literature
Bartsch 17; Gnann 94; see Takahatake 39; see Fondazione Cini ALU.0991.1
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