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Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION MARTIN SCHONGAUER Christ Carrying the Cross.
Engraving, 1480. 164x116 mm; 6 5/8x4 5/8 inches. Gothic letter P with a 4-leaf clover watermark (similar to Briquet 8597, which he dates to circa 1465). Ex-collection the Albertina, Vienna (Lugt supplement 5, verso). From the Passion. With thread margins outside the border line. A superb, evenly printed and dark impression of this scarce print, with warm plate tone and with the fine wiping scratches still printing clearly. Bartsch 16; Lehrs 26.
