Saint John the Baptist
$500
MARTIN SCHONGAUER (CIRCA 1445-1491)
Saint John the Baptist
engraving, circa 1469-74, on laid paper, watermark Gothic P with Flower (similar to Stogdon 22), a fine, rich impression, printing with areas of light platetone and fine wiping marks, trimmed on or just inside the platemark, retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline, a few tiny touches of pen and ink along the borderline, an inscription in brown ink faintly visible recto and verso, otherwise in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 156 x 116 mm.
