Lot 59
Lot 59
LUCAS VAN LEYDEN (1494-1533)

Young Man with a Skull

Price Realised GBP 7,560
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GBP 5,000 - GBP 7,000
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LUCAS VAN LEYDEN (1494-1533)

Young Man with a Skull

Price Realised GBP 7,560
Price Realised GBP 7,560
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LUCAS VAN LEYDEN (1494-1533)
Young Man with a Skull
engraving
circa 1519
on laid paper, watermark Small Posthorn
a fine impression of the first state (of two; New Hollstein b)
printing very clearly and with good contrasts, a few scratches in the plate
trimmed inside the platemark but outside the borderline on all sides
in very good condition
Sheet 186 x 146 mm.
Provenance
Unidentified, inscribed in brown ink verso Imago Lucas de Leida/ propria manu sculpta (not in Lugt).
John Barnard (d. 1784), London (Lugt 1420; his initials, without date); his sale, Th. Philipe, London, 16 April 1798 (and following days), 17th day, lot 1 ('Three - his portrait - one with the death's head') (£ 9; to Philipe).
With Thomas Philipe, London.
John Charrington (1856-1939), Shenley, Hertfordshire (Lugt 572, recto); his sale, Christie's, London, 19 June 1940, lot 165 (with another) (£ 13.13; to Colnaghi).
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein; New Hollstein 174
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