Sale 5039
London, South Kensington
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8 December 2010
Price realised
GBP 6,250
Estimate
Orazio de Sanctis (1568-1584) after Pompeo dell'Aquila The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist (Bartsch 4) etching with engraving, 1568, a fine impression of the very rare first state (of two), before the lower right was blocked out, with narrow margins, a short repaired tear at lower sheet edge, various thin areas, the sheet very thinly backed, the subject generally in good condition P. 250 x 193 mm., S. 254 x 196 mm.
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