Lot 39: Israhel van Meckenem (1440/45-1503)

St. Agnes, after Schongauer (B. 119; Geisberg 320; Lehrs 387)
engraving, a good impression, printing with fine vertical wiping scratches, (the monogram and the plant at right printing somewhat weakly), trimmed slightly into the subject at left and right and close to the subject at the top, a small brown stain at the left edge of the sheet, some other faint stains and light overall soiling, a repaired paper weakness at right, two old hinges at the left edge verso
S. 154 x 108 mm.

The present impression is stronger and printing with greater contrast than the example in the British Museum.

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