The Virgin and Child in a Courtyard (B. 32; L., Holl. 38)

Martin Schongauer (1450-1491) The Virgin and Child in a Courtyard (B. 32; L., Holl. 38) engraving, circa 1470-1482, watermark Dog with Leaf above (Piccard 86589, dated Strasbourg 1480), a very good, early impression, printing very strongly and clearly, with good contrasts and a subtle platetone, in particular in the tree, and horizontal wiping marks, trimmed to or just outside the borderline at left and above, remargined and partially made-up with pen and ink along the lower and right edges, some other small repairs and tiny touches of pen and ink elsewhere S. 167 x 121 mm.