Nov 01, 2018 - Sale 2491

Sale 2491 - Lot 77

Price Realized: $ 715
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
SIMONE CANTARINI
The Coronation of the Virgin by Two Angels.

Etching, circa 1639. 205x137 mm; 8 1/4x5 1/2 inches, small margins. First state (of 3). Anchor (?) in a circle watermark. Ex-collection Pietro Barelli, Milan, ink stamp verso (not in Lugt); and G. Lissonia, ink stamp verso (not in Lugt). A superb, well-inked impression of this very scarce etching.

We have found only 2 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Bartsch 21.