Nov 03, 2022 - Sale 2620

Sale 2620 - Lot 52

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
GEORG PENCZ
The Magician Virgil Suspended in the Basket.

Engraving, circa 1542. 56x81 mm; 2 1/4x3 1/4 inches. Fourth state (of 4). Trimmed on the plate mark. A superb, richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject.

With--The Courtesan on the Fire Stake, engraving. 62x83 mm; 2 1/2x3 1/4 inches. Trimmed on the plate mark. Bartsch 87 and 88.