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LÉON DAVENT (ACTIVE 1540-1556) AFTER FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO (1504-1570)
Lot 37

LÉON DAVENT (ACTIVE 1540-1556) AFTER FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO (1504-1570)

A Sacrifice

Fermé10 December 2019

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LÉON DAVENT (ACTIVE 1540-1556) AFTER FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO (1504-1570)
A Sacrifice
etching, circa 1540, on laid paper, watermark Standing Pilgrim in a Shield, a good, tonal impression of the second state (of three), with Lafreri's address, printing with some scratches and horizontal wiping marks, with margins, a short tear in the lower margin and another in the left margin, otherwise generally in good condition
Plate 267 x 473 mm., Sheet 282 x 484 mm.

Note du spécialiste

The etching is based on a drawing by Primaticcio, made in Rome and inspired by a scene on Trajan's Column. The drawing is today at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main.
We are grateful to Catherine Jenkins, London, for her help in cataloguing this lot.