Live Auction 17352Old Master Prints
MONOGRAMMIST Z.B.M (ITALIAN, ACTIVE AROUND 1557)
Lot 109

MONOGRAMMIST Z.B.M (ITALIAN, ACTIVE AROUND 1557)

Pandora's Box

Closed10 December 2019

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GBP 1,750

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MONOGRAMMIST Z.B.M (ITALIAN, ACTIVE AROUND 1557)
Pandora's Box
etching with drypoint and engraving, 1557, on laid paper, watermark Star in Diamond and Circle (similar to Heawood 3875, Rome, 1558-64), a very good impression of this rare print, the first state (of two), trimmed to the subject at the sides and to the borderline above and below, a small made-up paper loss at the upper right sheet corner, a short repaired tear at the upper left sheet edge, a short repaired tear at the lower right corner, another at the lower sheet edge, a couple of skilfully repaired, small paper splits and losses at lower right
Sheet 369 x 233 mm.

Specialist note

A preparatory drawing for this print, in the opposite direction, in the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, has been tentatively attributed by Philip Pouncey to Pirro Ligorio (circa 1513-1583).
An impression of the second state, with the monogram and date 1557 partially erased and with a publisher's mark and the date 1643 added at lower right, is illustrated in G. Luijten, La Bella Maniera (op. cit.).