Lot 44
Lot 44
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SCANDINAVIAN COLLECTION
HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550)

Forteza (Fortitude)

    Price Realised GBP 2,750
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    GBP 500 - GBP 700
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    HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550)

    Forteza (Fortitude)

    Price Realised GBP 2,750
    Price Realised GBP 2,750
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    HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550)
    Forteza (Fortitude)
    engraving, 1524, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine impression of this rare little print, the only state, printing with a light plate-tone and inky plate edges
    Plate 54 x 35 mm.
    Sheet 56 x 37 mm.
    Provenance
    Paul Davidsohn (1839-1924), London, Vienna & Berlin (Lugt 654); this impression cited in Hollstein; apparently not in his sale at C. G. Boerner in 1920.
    Dr. Carlos Gaa (circa 1871-1925), Mannheim (see Lugt 538a), without his mark; his posthumous sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 5 & 6 May 1926, lot 146 ('Die Tapferkeit. Pass. 265. P. 140. Unübertrefflich schöner Abdruck. Aus der Sammlung Davidsohn.'; Estimate 100 Mk.).
    Dr. Karl Herweg (1914-2002), Recklinghausen (Lugt 3974).
    With Jan Johnson, Montreal.
    Acquired from the above by the present owner on 9 February 2006.
    Literature
    Not in Bartsch; Pauli, Hollstein 140
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    Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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