Moses striking the Rock

Michele Lucchese (active 1534 - 1564) after Polidoro da Caravaggio (1492-1543) Moses striking the Rock engraving, 1540-1560, a fine impression of the first state (of three), trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the subject, with a small paper loss at the lower right sheet edge, slightly into the image, another at lower left, a tear at the lower left centre, other minor defects, laid down at the sheet edges onto a card mount P., S. 276 x 422 mm.