LOT DETAILS

Materials:

engraving, on laid paper

Size Notes:

Sheet 122 x 81 mm.

Markings:

engraving, circa 1465-1500, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good impression of this extremely rare print, one of only three known impressions, printing with a light tone and a finger mark below, trimmed inside the borderline on three sides and just outside at lower right, generally in very good condition

Literature:

Lehrs, Hollstein 535; Geisberg 516

Provenance:

Dukes of Sachsen-Gotha, Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha; sold at C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 2 & 3 May 1932, lot 41 ('... Sehr schön, aber beschnitten. Eine dünne Stelle.') (Mk 200; to Matthiessen). With Galerie Matthiessen, Berlin, acquired at the above sale. With P. & D. Colnaghi, London, with their stock number C. 9638 MK in pencil verso; presumably acquired from the above. With Knoedler & Co., New York, in partnership with the above; sold on 30 December 1933 ($245), presumably to the below. Carl W. Jones (1887-1957), Minneapolis (his label on the backboard); then by descent to the present owners.