Lot 25: ANDREA ANDREANI (CIRCA 1558-1629) AFTER JACOPO LIGOZZI (1547-1627) Allegory of Virtue Block 473 x 325 mm., Sheet 482 x 332 mm.

ANDREA ANDREANI (CIRCA 1558-1629) AFTER JACOPO LIGOZZI (1547-1627)
Allegory of Virtue
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in black and three shades of ochre, 1585, on laid paper, watermark Serpent (not in Briquet; Takahatake 24), a good, slightly dry impression of the second, final state, with narrow margins, laid down onto a laid paper backing sheet, a small hole at lower right, a few other small holes, short tears and paper losses at the sheet corners and edges
Block 473 x 325 mm., Sheet 482 x 332 mm.