May 05, 2005 - Sale 2042

Sale 2042 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 2,760
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
FROM THE SHARP AND HESELTINE COLLECTIONS ANDREA MELDOLLA, IL SCHIAVONE
Christ and the Woman on the Stairs.

Etching. 209x142 mm; 81/4x55/8 inches, small to thread margins. Ex-collection William Sharp (Lugt 2650, verso) and John P. Heseltine (Lugt 1508, verso). Small bear with a shield (?) watermark. A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce print.

With--Moses and the Quails, etching. 223x162 mm; 83/4x63/8 inches. Trimmed inside the plate mark, laid down, scattered tears. Bartsch 14 and 4.