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The Resurrection, from: The Passion of Christ (Bartsch 20; Lehrs, Hollstein 30)
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Martin Schongauer (1450-1491)
The Resurrection, from: The Passion of Christ (Bartsch 20; Lehrs, Hollstein 30)
engraving, circa 1480, without watermark, a very good, even impression, printing with great clarity and good contrasts, trimmed outside the borderline and retaining a fillet of blank paper all around, with a vertical and a horizontal central fold with small repaired, unobtrusive paper splits, a very skilfully made-up area at the upper sheet edge and in the blank sky, just reaching into the upper rays of the nimbus
S. 165 x 117 mm.
The Resurrection, from: The Passion of Christ (Bartsch 20; Lehrs, Hollstein 30)
engraving, circa 1480, without watermark, a very good, even impression, printing with great clarity and good contrasts, trimmed outside the borderline and retaining a fillet of blank paper all around, with a vertical and a horizontal central fold with small repaired, unobtrusive paper splits, a very skilfully made-up area at the upper sheet edge and in the blank sky, just reaching into the upper rays of the nimbus
S. 165 x 117 mm.
Provenance
Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876), Paris (L. 119); his posthumous sale, Danlos, Paris, 16 April – 12 May 1887, lot 484 (Fr. 240).
Louis Galichon (1829-1893), Paris (L. 1060); his posthumous sale, 4-9 March 1895, lot 1054 (Fr. 220).
Atherton Curtis (1863-1943), New York and Paris, and Louise Burleigh Curtis (1869-1910), Maine and Paris (L. 94); probably sold prior to their posthumous sale at Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, 28 April 1955.
Albert W. Blum (1882-1952), Switzerland and Short Hills, New Jersey (L. 79b); then by descent to the current owner.
Louis Galichon (1829-1893), Paris (L. 1060); his posthumous sale, 4-9 March 1895, lot 1054 (Fr. 220).
Atherton Curtis (1863-1943), New York and Paris, and Louise Burleigh Curtis (1869-1910), Maine and Paris (L. 94); probably sold prior to their posthumous sale at Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, 28 April 1955.
Albert W. Blum (1882-1952), Switzerland and Short Hills, New Jersey (L. 79b); then by descent to the current owner.
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