Hollstein nr 1281 (I/II). Good impression trimmed at the platemark, of first state (of two), before the inscription at the top and Galle’s name. Creases and vertical fold open at foot; some stains; point of the lower right angle ripped off; formerly backed; some thin paper areas; rests of mounting paper and of glue on […]
Woodcut in clair-obscur after P. de Caravaggio (?)
Dimension: 149 mm x 391 mm
Bartsch nr 25 (U. da Carpi); Bartsch Ill nr 25; cf Takahatake “The chiarosccuro wwodcut in Renaissance Italy” p. 130. Good impression printed in two plates of tons and a plate of trait, of 2nd state (of 2), du tirage d’A. Andreani ca 1608-1609. Vertical median fold; some rare creases; contrecollée.
Original engraving (for the portrait), the framing engraving by an unidentified artist.
Dimension: 150 portrait 315 platemark mm x 113 portrait 210 platemark mm
De Grazia Bohlin nr 207 (II/II). Good impression of 2nd state (of 2), the date changed. Upper left corner turn off; some small creases. Thread margins on three sides; small margin at foot. Watermark : anchor (?) encircled and topped with a star. Plate forming frontispiece of “Opera omnia” by Aldrovandi in 1606.
Bartsch nr 30; New Hollstein nr 30. Very good impression trimmed out the border. Rests of mounting paper on the back. Plate to the set of “The fall and Rédemption of man…”.
Meder nr 255; Bartsch Ill. nr 354 Block 3 (II a/b/III); Schoch, Mende and Scherbaum II-252-3. Very good impression trimmed on the borderline or slightly inside it, of the 2nd state A (of 3), before the break in the right side and the Dürer monogram. Small restored tear of about 25 mm above the nose; […]
Strauss nr 65. Meder nr 15 (a-b/e). Very good impression irrégularly trimmed at the platemark, of the only state a-b (sur e). Some amincissures, surtout en tête; small repair sur l’épaule de Marie-Madeleine and déchirure restaurée dans le bras de la Vierge; some small déchirures restaurées. Plate to the set de la “Petite Passion” on […]