Jan 23, 2003 - Sale 1957

Sale 1957 - Lot 317

Price Realized: $ 2,012
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
MICHAEL MAYER (ULM, ACTIVE 1550-70)
The Adoration of the Shepherds.

Pen and ink on cream laid paper, 1565. 335x455 mm; 13¼x18 inches. With the artist's monogram and date in ink, on the tablet lower center. Inscribed "Cum Gratia et priui per.Ann.6" in ink, lower center. Ex-collection Heinrich Kaspar Lempertz (Lugt 1337, verso); Boerner, with a pencil inscription on the mat; and Holtkott, ink stamp verso (not in Lugt). See Nagler, Monogrammisten, volume 4, number 2011.