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MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (1480-1534)
A Group of eight Engravings
comprising Marcantonio Raimondi, Saint Veronica, engraving, circa 1505-15, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine impression of this extremely rare print; Marcantonio Raimondi after Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564), Man climbing the Bank of a River (B. 488), circa 1500-34, with an indistinct watermark, a good but slightly later impression; Marcantonio Raimondi after Raphael, Venus after her Bath (B. 297), circa 1510–27, watermark Mermaid in a Circle (similar to Briquet 13891, Rome 1531-35), a very good impression; Marcantonio Raimondi possibly after Francesco Francia (circa 1450-1517), Man kneeling at the edge of a Wood (B. 434), circa 1500–34, a good impression of this rare print; Marcantonio Raimondi, The Crooked Stick (B. 369), circa 1510-27, a good but slightly later impression of this very rare print; Shepherd and a Nymph (B. 429), circa 1510-1527, a good impression of this rare print; A seated Emperor (B. 441), circa 1510-15, a very good impression; and attributed to Agostino Veneziano after Raphael, Aurora Rising (B. 293), circa 1510-30, a good impression

Sheet 204 x 138 mm. (and smaller)

Provenance
Franz Gawet (1765-1847), Vienna, inscribed 1811 (Lugt 1070). (B. 488)
Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (1797-1854), Dresden, with his partial collector's mark recto (Lugt 971). (B. 293)
Baron Charles Marochetti (1805-1867), Paris and London (Lugt 392). (B. 297)
Karl Ewald Hasse (1810-1902), Leipzig (Lugt 860). (B. 488, 297, 434, 369)
Enrico Lodolo (19th century), Rome (Lugt 1725). (B. 429)
Literature
Bartsch 122, 488, 297, 434, 369, 429, 441, 293
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Lot Essay

Marcantonio's engraving of Saint Veronica is extremely rare, and to our knowledge, no other impression has been offered at auction within the last thirty years. The present impression seems finer than the impression in the Albertina (inventory no. DG1970/342), and neither the British Museum nor the Metropolitan Museum have an example in their holdings.

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