Three chiaroscuro woodcuts
$500
ANTONIO DA TRENTO (CIRCA 1510–1550) AFTER PARMIGIANINO (1503-1540)
Three chiaroscuro woodcuts
including: The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist, printed from two blocks in grey and sand, circa 1527-30, on laid paper, watermark Hand and Flower (see Takahatake fig. 5, p. 272; similar to Briquet 10765, Genoa, circa 1524-27), a fine, early and delicate impression, in a rare colour variant, with narrow margins, in very good condition; and Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl, printed from two blocks in black and olive, circa 1527-30, on laid paper, watermark Letter F on Trimount in a Shield (Woodward 333, 1580), a very good but later impression of the second state (of three), with gaufrage, trimmed to the borderline, generally in good condition; and Virgin and Child with Saints Margaret, Jerome and Petronius, attributed to the same hand, printed from two blocks in black and mushroom, circa 1540s, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good, strong but later impression of the second, final state, reprinted by Andreani in circa 1602-10, with gaufrage, with narrow margins, in good condition
Block 190 x 237 mm., Sheet 194 x 240 mm. (B. 12)
Block & Sheet 346 x 265 mm. (B. 7)
Block 311 x 215 mm., Sheet 312 x 218 mm. (B. 24)
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