Lot 6: Israhel van Meckenem

Israhel van Meckenem
Saint Peter (not in Geisberg, Lehrs, Hollstein)
engraving with handcolouring, circa 1470, without watermark, an unrecorded, probably unique print, a fairly strong impression, printing with vertical wiping marks and traces of tone, with contemporary handcolouring in green, brown, yellow and traces of red, with wide margins, some offsetting from another impression verso, generally in very good condition
P. 119 x 76 mm., S. 164 x 103 mm.

The figure is loosly based on the figure of the same Apostle in the Master E.S.'s large single plate of Christ enthroned surrounded by the Twelve Apostles (L. 137 C).