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CORNELIS MASSYS (CIRCA 1510 - 1556-57)
Lot 50 Property from the Collection of Ulrich and Alfred Ochsenbein

CORNELIS MASSYS (CIRCA 1510 - 1556-57)

Venus and Cupid

Closed29 January 2019

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CORNELIS MASSYS (CIRCA 1510 - 1556-57)
Venus and Cupid
engraving, 1549, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good impression of this rare print, trimmed to or just inside the borderline, a portion of the left sheet edge probably very skilfully remargined, a skilfully repaired paper split on Venus's belly, very pale time staining, otherwise in good condition
Sheet 82 x 66 mm.

Giuseppe Storck (1766-1836), Milan, with his inscription in brown ink dated 1799 (Lugt 2318), and his inventory number 9399 verso;
Ulrich Ochsenbein (1811-1890) and Alfred Ochsenbein (1883-1919), Switzerland; then by descent.

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To our knowledge no other impression of this print has been offered at auction within the last thirty years.