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Ornament with two Genii riding on two Chimeras
Details
HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550)
Ornament with two Genii riding on two Chimeras
engraving, 1544, a good impression of the fourth, final state, trimmed on the platemark, a small printer's crease on the leg and shoulder of the left chimera; together with three other engravings by the same hand, including Ornament with Scroll and Dolphin's Heads, circa 1540, a very good impression of the first state (of two), with thread margins; Triumphal Procession of the Noble Glorious Women, 1549, a good impression of the first state (of three), with narrow margins; and Coat of Arms with a Lion, 1544, a good impression of the second, final state, on a square sheet with wide margins; all on laid paper, without watermark, generally in good condition
Sheet 34 x 101 mm. (and similar)
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Ornament with two Genii riding on two Chimeras
engraving, 1544, a good impression of the fourth, final state, trimmed on the platemark, a small printer's crease on the leg and shoulder of the left chimera; together with three other engravings by the same hand, including Ornament with Scroll and Dolphin's Heads, circa 1540, a very good impression of the first state (of two), with thread margins; Triumphal Procession of the Noble Glorious Women, 1549, a good impression of the first state (of three), with narrow margins; and Coat of Arms with a Lion, 1544, a good impression of the second, final state, on a square sheet with wide margins; all on laid paper, without watermark, generally in good condition
Sheet 34 x 101 mm. (and similar)
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Provenance
J.H. von Hefner Alteneck (1811-1903), Munich (Lugt 1254). (Holl. 240)
Literature
Bartsch 236, 235, 143, 255; Pauli, Hollstein 241, 240, 244, 266
Special notice
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