Oct 26, 2011 - Sale 2258

Sale 2258 - Lot 48

Unsold
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
FLORENTINE SCHOOL, 15TH-CENTURY
The Phrygian Sybil: Fine Manner.

Engraving, circa 1480-1500. 178x107 mm; 7x4 1/4 inches, small margins. Elaborate Gothic letter P (?) watermark. Ex-collection Benny Nielsen, ink stamp verso (not in Lugt) and unknown collector, ink stamp with the name Lyn M. verso (not in Lugt). A good impression of this extremely scarce fine manner engraving.

We have not found another impression at auction in the past 20 years. Hind 9 A.