Apr 28, 2016 - Sale 2412

Sale 2412 - Lot 207

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
JUSEPE DE RIBERA
Saint Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment.

Etching, 1621. 315x237 mm; 12 3/8x9 3/8 inches, narrow to thread margins. Third state (of 5). Ex-collection Pierre Mariette, dated 1667 in ink (Lugt 1790, lower right recto); Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g, verso); and unknown collector, violet ink stamp verso. A brilliant, richly-inked, early impression with all the fine details distinct and with very strong contrasts. Bartsch 4.