ISRAEL VAN MECKENEM The Dance of the Daughters of Herodias.
Engraving, circa 1480. 220x319 mm; 8 3/4x12 1/2 inches, thread margins. Gothic letter P with a flower watermark (which dates to the late 1400s/early 1500s). This impression sold at Kornfeld, Bern, June 1992, lot 34. A superb, richly-inked and early impression of this extremely scarce engraving, with strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject.
We have found only 2 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Lehrs 367.
