May 06, 2004 - Sale 2005

Sale 2005 - Lot 9

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
ITALIAN SCHOOL, EARLY 16TH-CENTURY
Sacrifice.

Niello print, circa 1510-30. 33x38 mm; 11/4x11/2 inches, thread margins. A very good dark impression.

According to Levenson, et als., this and another niello, Roman General Addressing his Troops (B-20), are impressions pulled around 1860 from old--early 16th-century--silver plates without niello paste. Hind, Nielli, 281; Levenson, et als., B-21.