LOT DETAILS

Materials:

engraving on laid paper

Measurements:

8.11 in. (20.60 cm.) (height) by 5.20 in. (13.20 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

watermark Gothic P with Flower (Lehrs 25)

Condition:

trimmed to or on the platemark at the sides and above and just into the platemark below, some small, skilful repairs and minor thin spots, a few touches of pen and ink mainly in the turban, otherwise in very good condition

Literature:

Bartsch 2; Lehrs, Hollstein 515

Provenance:

With Wilhelm Eduard Drugulin (1825-1879), Leipzig (Lugt 2612). Graf Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (1804-1865), Klein Oels, Silesia (Lugt 2669); presumably acquired from the above; then by descent in the family; their sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 2-3 May 1932, lot 16 ('.. in von Geisberg mit höchster Auszeichnung genanntem Abdruck. Wasserzeichen: gotisches p. Wenig ausgebessert. Sehr selten.') (Mk. 3,000; to Matthiessen); this impression cited by Lehrs. With Galerie Matthiessen, Berlin; acquired at the above sale. With Colnaghi & Co., London, with their stock number C. 10017 in pencil verso; presumably acquired from the above. Albert W. Blum (1882-1952), Switzerland and Short Hills, New Jersey (Lugt 79b); then by descent in the family; their sale, Sotheby's, New York, 27 February 1988, lot 1029 (US$ 13,200). Acquired at the above sale, then by descent to the present owner.