May 06, 2021 - Sale 2566

Sale 2566 - Lot 51

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
AGOSTINO CARRACCI
Mercury and the Three Graces.

Engraving, 1589. 199x255 mm; 7 7/8x10 1/8 inches, thread margins. First state (of 3). Ex-collection John Whitcomb Bayley (?) (see Lugt 1412, verso). A brilliant, richly-inked, dark and early impression of this scarce engraving with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Bartsch 117.