MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (1480-1534) AFTER BACCIO BANDINELLI (1488-1560)

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

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MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (1480-1534) AFTER BACCIO BANDINELLI (1488-1560)
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
engraving, circa 1525, on laid paper, a very good impression of the second, final state, trimmed to or just outside the subject on all sides, laid down onto modern card, a small surface loss to the beard of the second standing figure at centre-left, two flattened vertical central creases, a few small paper losses and short tears at the upper and lower sheet edges, otherwise in good condition
Sheet 438 x 579 mm.

Provenance

With Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stock number C.40132 in pencil on the reverse of the backing sheet).
Acquired from the above, 24 April 1974.

Literature

Bartsch XIV.89.104.
E.H. Wouk & D. Morris (eds.), Marcantonio Raimondi, Raphael and the image multiplied, Manchester, 2016, no. 88, p. 225-6 (another impression illustrated).

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Lot Essay

The present engraving is the largest plate engraved by Marcantonio and, alongside Marco Dente's Massacre of the Innocents (see lot 11), the most ambitious engraving designed and commissioned by Baccio Bandinelli.

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