French, 16Th Century (Rue Montorgueil?)
Le diable d'argent
Found at
Christies,
New York
Old Master Prints, Lot 86
29. Jan - 29. Jan. 2019
Old Master Prints, Lot 86
29. Jan - 29. Jan. 2019
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
woodcut, probably second half of the 16th century, on laid paper, without watermark, a good and strongly printed impression of this very rare, unrecorded print, just beginning to show some wear in places, trimmed to or just inside the borderline, fractionally inside the subject at the lower sheet edge, a few short nicks, some creasing and with pale scattered foxing, otherwise in very good condition
Sheet 323 x 471 mm.
Sheet 323 x 471 mm.