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LÉON DAVENT (ACTIVE 1540–1556) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1545)
Lot 105 Property from the Collection of Ulrich and Alfred Ochsenbein

LÉON DAVENT (ACTIVE 1540–1556) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1545)

Jupiter's Eagle bringing the Water of the Styx to Psyche

Closed29 January 2019

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LÉON DAVENT (ACTIVE 1540–1556) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1545)
Jupiter's Eagle bringing the Water of the Styx to Psyche
engraving, circa 1540–56, on laid paper, watermark Small Circle, a good, early impression of this very rare print, printing clearly and with good contrasts, with margins, on a square sheet, some creases and surface dirt mainly in the margins, generally in good condition
Plate 213 x 403 mm., Sheet 225 x 406 mm.

Ulrich Ochsenbein (1811-1890) and Alfred Ochsenbein (1883-1919), Switzerland; then by descent.

Specialist note

To our knowledge only one other impression of this print has been offered at auction within the last thirty years.

We are grateful to Catherine Jenkins, London, for her help in cataloguing this lot.