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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
BARTHEL BEHAM Emperor Ferdinand I.
Engraving, 1531. 207x134 mm; 8 1/4x5 1/4 inches. Second state (of 3), before the address of Heyden. Cardinal's hat watermark. Ex-collection Christian Gottlieb Crusius (Lugt 548, verso). With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce engraving with very strong contrasts and little to no sign of wear. Bartsch 61; Pauli 91.
