The Death of the Virgin

MARTIN SCHONGAUER (CIRCA 1445-1491) The Death of the Virgin engraving, circa 1470-74, on laid paper, watermark Profile Head (Lehrs 73), a superb, rich impression of the second state (of three), printing very evenly, with great clarity, intense contrasts and much relief, trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline on all sides, in very good condition Sheet 257 x 172 mm.