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MARCO DENTE, CALLED MARCO DA RAVENNA (CIRCA 1486-1527) AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
Saint Michael
engraving, circa 1518-19, on laid paper, watermark Siren in a Circle (similar to Briquet 13887-13890), a very fine, early impression of this rare print, printing with great luminosity and contrasts, trimmed to or just outside the platemark at left and right, trimmed to or just inside the borderline above and below, in very good condition
Sheet 257 x 184 mm.
Provenance
Richard Fisher (1809-1890), Hill Top, Midhurst, England (Lugt 931); his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 May 1892, lot 672 (with another; £ 2-5; to Davidsohn).
Paul Davidsohn (1839-1924), London, Vienna & Berlin (Lugt 654), acquired at the above sale; his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 22-26 November 1920, lot 2154 (Mk. 300) ('Prachtvoller Abdruck aus Sammlung R. Fisher').
Dr Friedrich Andreas Lieberg (b. 1898 - after 1965), Kassel, Milan, Buenos Aires (Lugt 1681ter); probably sold en-bloc with his collection of prints by the Raimondi School in 1942.
Literature
Bartsch 106;
K. Oberhuber, A. Gnann, Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello, 1999, Milano, no. 88-89, p.148-150 (another impression illustrated);
A. Imolesi Pozzi, Marco Dente Un incisore ravennate nel segno di Raffaello, Le stampe delle Raccolte Piancastelli, Ravenna, 2008, no. 1, p. 63-64 (another impression illustrated).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.