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MARTIN SCHONGAUER Shield with a Unicorn, Held by a Woman<>.
Engraving, circa 1480-90. 78 mm; 3 1/8 inches (diameter). Ex-collection the Albertina, Vienna (Lugt supplement 5g, verso). Trimmed on or just inside the plate mark, with the two border lines still showing. A superb, dark impression of this extremely scarce print.
Lehrs cites only approximately 30 known impressions. We locate only 4 impressions in 3 North American public collections: the Art Institute of Chicago (2 impressions), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Bartsch 97; Lehrs 96.
