Ajax, after P. da Caravaggio (B. XII, 99, 9)
Details
Giuseppe Nicola Rossigliano, called Niccolò Vicentino (circa 1510-?)
Ajax, after P. da Caravaggio (B. XII, 99, 9)
chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks, printed in black, grey and olive-green, circa 1530, second (final) state, the colours strong and fresh, trimmed to the borderline at the top, left and right and into the subject at the bottom, thereby lacking Andreani's monogram and date, a central vertical drying fold, some pale foxing, laid at the reverse sheet edges
S. 350 x 420mm.
Ajax, after P. da Caravaggio (B. XII, 99, 9)
chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks, printed in black, grey and olive-green, circa 1530, second (final) state, the colours strong and fresh, trimmed to the borderline at the top, left and right and into the subject at the bottom, thereby lacking Andreani's monogram and date, a central vertical drying fold, some pale foxing, laid at the reverse sheet edges
S. 350 x 420mm.
Provenance
A. Freiherr von Lanna (L.2773)
John Cantacuzene (?), encircled intials JC, verso (not in Lugt)
An unidentified collector's stamp, initials AG, verso (not in Lugt)
John Cantacuzene (?), encircled intials JC, verso (not in Lugt)
An unidentified collector's stamp, initials AG, verso (not in Lugt)