Auction Web auction 91
WEB AUCTION 91 - PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, PRINTS & MULTIPLES WITH A SECTION DEDICATED TO PHOTOGRAPHY AND ANCIENT PRINTS
Oct 1, 2020
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Italy
Piazza Lovatelli 1, 00186 Roma
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Oct 1 2020, 2 pm CEST
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LOT 223:
Marcantonio Raimondi (1480-1534)
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Start price:
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850
Estimated price:
€1,000 - €1,800
Auction house commission:
25%
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Marcantonio Raimondi (1480-1534)
The Parnassus of the Gods, 1585; Burin engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (1480-1534) taken from Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican; mm.360x374 - II / III state, as can be seen from the various wordings on the plate: on the right we note“ Ant. Sal . Exc. which refers to the edition of Salamanca (from 1530, then from 1553 to 1577 in association with Lefrèry) and the wording "Nicolaus Van Aelst for. Roma" which identifies the evidence after the death of Lefrèry himself when the publisher became Van Aelst from 1580 until 1613), the engraving can be dated to around 1585 (state I is from 1515 ca.)
Burin engraving, 37,4 x 36 cm
Excellent preservation with visible plate impression and small margins
