Lot 24: Augustin Hirschvogel (1503-1553)

Augustin Hirschvogel (1503-1553)
Landscape with a winding wooden Bridge (Schwarz, B. 76; Holl. 48)
etching, 1546, without watermark, a good though slightly later impression of this rare etching, printing with a light platetone and many wiping marks and scratches, with wide margins on three sides, at left with thread margins and partially trimmed to the platemark, a small area of tiny tears and paper losses, backed, at the left sheet edge reaching into the platemark, a small paper loss at the lower sheet edge, a few pale foxmarks, some staining mainly at the left sheet edge where previously bound, otherwise in good condition
P. 143 x 213 mm., S. 177 x 243 mm.