Raimondi (Marcantonio, circa 1480-1527/34). The Judgement of Paris (after Raphael), circa 1510-20, engraving on laid paper, with watermark of a six-pointed star in a circle (similar to Briquet 6076-82), trimmed to plate mark, one or two minor stains, sheet size 299 x 435 mm (11.8 x 17.2 ins), hinge-mounted (Qty: 1) Provenance: Estate of Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), diplomat at the Versailles Treaty negotiations, economist, Syndic of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and director of its library. Expelled from his post by the Nazi regime in 1933 he emigrated to London where he was appointed Librarian and Head of Acquisitions at the London School of Economics. Board Member of the Leo Baeck Institute, London. Bartsch XIV, 197.245; Shoemaker and Broun (1981), pages 146-147, number 43. One of the most famous prints of the 16th century, for which Raphael would have provided a drawing for Marcantonio to engrave from. The print bears a printed inscription on the tablet to the lower left corner 'Sordent Prae Forma Ingenium Vartus Regna Aurum', which translates as: Intellect, Virtue, Kingdoms and Gold appear worthless compared with beauty'.
Raimondi (Marcantonio, circa 1480-1527/34). The Judgement of Paris (after Raphael), circa 1510-20, engraving on laid paper, with watermark of a six-pointed star in a circle (similar to Briquet 6076-82), trimmed to plate mark, one or two minor stains, sheet size 299 x 435 mm (11.8 x 17.2 ins), hinge-mounted (Qty: 1) Provenance: Estate of Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), diplomat at the Versailles Treaty negotiations, economist, Syndic of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and director of its library. Expelled from his post by the Nazi regime in 1933 he emigrated to London where he was appointed Librarian and Head of Acquisitions at the London School of Economics. Board Member of the Leo Baeck Institute, London. Bartsch XIV, 197.245; Shoemaker and Broun (1981), pages 146-147, number 43. One of the most famous prints of the 16th century, for which Raphael would have provided a drawing for Marcantonio to engrave from. The print bears a printed inscription on the tablet to the lower left corner 'Sordent Prae Forma Ingenium Vartus Regna Aurum', which translates as: Intellect, Virtue, Kingdoms and Gold appear worthless compared with beauty'.
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