Lot Essay
We are grateful to Catherine Jenkins, London, for her help in cataloguing this lot.
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Marcus Curtius throwing himself into the Chasm
Details
JEAN MIGNON (ACTIVE 1535-1555) AFTER LUCA PENNI (CIRCA 1500-1577)
Marcus Curtius throwing himself into the Chasm
etching, circa 1543-45, on laid paper, watermark Small Fleur-de-Lys, a very good impression, trimmed inside the platemark but outside the borderline, the elbows of the herms and the edges of the lower scrollwork trimmed off, a vertical central fold, some minor vertical printer's creases, generally in good condition
Sheet 325 x 460 mm.
Marcus Curtius throwing himself into the Chasm
etching, circa 1543-45, on laid paper, watermark Small Fleur-de-Lys, a very good impression, trimmed inside the platemark but outside the borderline, the elbows of the herms and the edges of the lower scrollwork trimmed off, a vertical central fold, some minor vertical printer's creases, generally in good condition
Sheet 325 x 460 mm.
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1987, lot 120.
With Artemis Fine Arts, London, acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above, on 2 July 1987.
With Artemis Fine Arts, London, acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above, on 2 July 1987.
Literature
Bartsch 47; Zerner 48
C. Jenkins, Prints at the Court of Fontainebleau c. 1542-47, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, 2017, no. JM 47, p. 319 (another impression illustrated).
C. Jenkins, Prints at the Court of Fontainebleau c. 1542-47, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, 2017, no. JM 47, p. 319 (another impression illustrated).
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Tim Schmelcher