LOT DETAILS

Materials:

comprising nine engravings

Measurements:

Markings:

comprising nine engravings, including The Virgin with the Pear, 1520, a very good impression, with thread margins; Christ and the Woman of Samaria, circa 1520, a good impression of an intermediate state between the second and third state, trimmed to the subject; Saint Sebald, 1521, a very good, slightly tonal impression of the second, final state, trimmed to the platemark; Christ on the Globe, 1546, a good impression of the fourth state (of six), trimmed to the platemark; The Prodigal Son wasting his Fortune, 1540, a good impression of the third state (of five), with small margins, a collection stamp showing through recto; The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1540, a very good impression of the second state (of four), trimmed outside the borderline; Philip and Jack the Elder & Simon and Thaddaeus, from: Christ and the Twelve Apostles, 1520, both good impressions, the latter with a couple of foxmarks, with narrow margins; and Saint Bartholomew, 1545, a very good impression, with small margins; all on laid paper, without watermarks, generally in good condition

Literature:

Bartsch 18, 24, 30, 32, 34, 38, 41, 48, 65; Hollstein, Pauli 19, 26, 32, 34, 36, 40, 43, 50, 69

Provenance:

Graf Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (1805-1865), Klein-Oels, Silesia (Lugt 2669). (Holl. 19) Nicolai Semjonovich Mossoloff (1847-1914), Moscow, dated 1882 (Lugt 1803). (Holl. 26) Albertina, Vienna (see Lugt 174, the present mark not in Lugt). (Holl. 34) Ludwig Maximilian Freiherr von Biegeleben (1812-1872), Germany and Vienna (L. 385); his posthumous sale, C. J. Wawra, Vienna, 5 February 1886 (and following days), lot 201 (as the complete set of four, Mk. 48). (Holl. 34) An indistinct purple stamp. (Holl. 50)