Mars, Venus and Cupid

MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (1480-1534) Mars, Venus and Cupid engraving 1508 on laid paper, indistinct watermark, probably Letters Z P in a Circle (similar to Briquet 9725, Brescia, 1512) a fine, early impression of the very rare first state (of two) before the later additions on the shield and elsewhere printing strongly and clearly trimmed to the subject at right and below, fractionally inside the subject at left and above some thin spots and repairs, the sheet thinly backed Sheet 291 x 206 mm.