Oct 31, 2008 - Sale 2160

Sale 2160 - Lot 22

Unsold
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
HEINRICH ALDEGREVER
Avarice.

Original, unsteelfaced copper plate for the engraving, 1552. 103x62 mm; 4x2 1/2 inches. Ex-collection Robert Scholtz, Budapest (1834-1912), a notable collector of Northern old master prints, whose collection, which included "les blus belles estampes d'Aldegrever," according to Lugt, was auctioned by H.G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, May, 10-13, 1911 (Lugt 2241), with his label, numbered "756" in ink, verso.

Original copperplates for old master prints are extremely scarce. Bartsch 129.