The Massacre of the Innocents

NICOLAS BEATRIZET (1507/15 - CIRCA 1565) AFTER MARCO DENTE, CALLED MARCO DA RAVENNA (CIRCA 1486-1527) AFTER BACCIO BANDINELLI (CIRCA 1488-1560) The Massacre of the Innocents engraving, circa 1540-65, on laid paper, a very good impression of this very rare, large print, trimmed to or just fractionally inside the subject, the sheet laid down onto an 18th century sheet, a small hole at the upper left corner, a tear at lower centre, another further left, some very minor foxing, generally in good condition Sheet 405 x 573 mm.