May 01, 2013 - Sale 2312

Sale 2312 - Lot 4

Unsold
Estimate: $ 30,000 - $ 50,000
ISRAEL VAN MECKENEM
The Childrens' Bath.

Engraving, circa 1485. 107x138 mm; 4 1/4x5 1/2 inches. Third state (of 3). Ex-collection Hermann Weber (Lugt 1383, verso); sold at Christie's, London, June 1992, lot 27. Trimmed on the plate mark. A very good impression of this extremely scarce engraving, with strong contrasts.

We have found only one other impression at auction in the past 25 years. Bartsch 187; Lehrs 478.