Lot 23: ISRAHEL VAN MECKENEM 1440/45-1503

THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE (LEHRS IX, 57)

268 by 184mm; 10 5/8 by 7 1/4 in

Engraving, circa 1490-1500, from the Life of the Virgin, a very good impression, on paper with a Small Jug watermark (cf. Briquet 12624, d. 1494), thread margin below, trimmed 2-3mm into work elsewhere (edges made up in pen and ink), repaired tear across lower edge, other minor defects