Lot 72: Israhel van Meckenem (B. circa 1440-45 - 1503)

Judith with the Head of Holophernes (Bartsch 4; Geisberg, Lehrs, Hollstein 8 IV)
engraving, a very good impression of the fourth (final) state, comparing well with the impression of the third state in the British Museum, on laid paper with a Crowned Jug and Flower watermark (Lehrs 17), trimmed on or just within the borderline, possibly enhanced with a few subtle touches of pen and ink in places, with a vertical central fold, a small repaired paper loss at the central fold at top, visible mainly verso, two minute repaired holes, two tiny nicks at the lower sheet edge, generally in very good condition
S. 214 x 318 mm.