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Allegory of the Rescue of Humanity (Virtus Deserta) by 
																	 Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

( Italian, 1460 - 1523 15/16th C)

Allegory of the Rescue of Humanity (Virtus Deserta)

After Andrea Mantegna

( Italian, After 1431 - 1506 )

Allegory of the Rescue of Humanity (Virtus Deserta)

PRICE SOLD

LOT DETAILS

Materials:

engraving, on laid paper

Size Notes:

plate and sheet

Markings:

without watermark

Condition:

a good impression of this very rare print, tricmed unevenly into the subject on all sides, some repaired tears at the edges, a few stains and surface dirt, backed, other lesser defects

Literature:

Bartsch XIII. 303. 17 (as Zoan Andrea); Hind 48. 22; Martineau 148 J.A. Levenson, K. Oberhuber & J. L. Sheenan, Early Italian Engravings, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1973, no. 84.

Provenance:

Christie’s, London, 3 November 1981, lot 327. Acquired at the above sale by the current owner.

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