Lot Essay
We are grateful to Catherine Jenkins, London, for her help in cataloguing this lot.
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Judith
Details
FRANCESCO MAZZOLA, CALLED PARMIGIANINO (1503-1540)
Judith
etching, circa 1520-40, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good impression of Gnann's second state (of three), Jenkins' second state (of four), before any of the later re-work with the burin, a thread margin above and a partial thread margin at right, otherwise trimmed to or just outside the subject, a short tear at the upper right corner, pale scattered foxing, otherwise in good condition, framed
Plate & Sheet 154 x 92 mm.
Judith
etching, circa 1520-40, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good impression of Gnann's second state (of three), Jenkins' second state (of four), before any of the later re-work with the burin, a thread margin above and a partial thread margin at right, otherwise trimmed to or just outside the subject, a short tear at the upper right corner, pale scattered foxing, otherwise in good condition, framed
Plate & Sheet 154 x 92 mm.
Provenance
Sir Mark Masterman Sykes (1771-1823), Sledmere House, York (Lugt 1897); his sale, Sotheby's London, 5 June 1824 and following days (part lot 189 or lot 190).
Dr. Carl von Guérard (d. 1904), Elberfeld, Germany (Lugt 1109); probably his sale, J. M. Heberle, Cologne, 22 May 1905 and following days.
Unidentified initials F.P in brown ink recto (not in Lugt).
Dr. Carl von Guérard (d. 1904), Elberfeld, Germany (Lugt 1109); probably his sale, J. M. Heberle, Cologne, 22 May 1905 and following days.
Unidentified initials F.P in brown ink recto (not in Lugt).
Literature
Bartsch 6; Gnann 14
C. Jenkins, N.M. Orenstein, F. Spira, The Renaissance of Etching, Metropolitan Museum of Art (exh. cat.), New York, 2019-20, no. 60, p. 142-43 (another impression illustrated).
C. Jenkins, N.M. Orenstein, F. Spira, The Renaissance of Etching, Metropolitan Museum of Art (exh. cat.), New York, 2019-20, no. 60, p. 142-43 (another impression illustrated).
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