Nov 02, 2021 - Sale 2585

Sale 2585 - Lot 34

Price Realized: $ 3,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
LUCAS VAN LEYDEN
The Adoration of the Magi.

Engraving, 1513. 304x435 mm; 12x17 1/4 inches. First state (of 3), before the address of Petri. Trimmed on the plate mark. Bartsch 37; Hollstein 37; Volbehr 37.

With—Coat-of-Arms of the City of Leyden in a Circle, Surrounded by Four Genii in Circles, engraving, 1510. 93x120 mm; 3 3/4x5 inches. Trimmed on the plate mark. A very good impression of this extremely scarce engraving.

Provenance: Alfred Morrison, London (Lugt 151, verso).

We have found only two other impressions of this engraving at auction in the past 30 years. Bartsch 168; Hollstein 168; Volbehr 168.