JEAN MIGNON (ACTIVE 1535-1555) AFTER LUCA PENNI (CIRCA 1500-1577)
Lot 38

JEAN MIGNON (ACTIVE 1535-1555) AFTER LUCA PENNI (CIRCA 1500-1577)

Marcus Curtius throwing himself into the Chasm

Closed10 December 2019

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GBP 3,000

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JEAN MIGNON (ACTIVE 1535-1555) AFTER LUCA PENNI (CIRCA 1500-1577)
Marcus Curtius throwing himself into the Chasm
etching, circa 1543-45, on laid paper, watermark Small Fleur-de-Lys, a very good impression, trimmed inside the platemark but outside the borderline, the elbows of the herms and the edges of the lower scrollwork trimmed off, a vertical central fold, some minor vertical printer's creases, generally in good condition
Sheet 325 x 460 mm.

Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1987, lot 120.
With Artemis Fine Arts, London, acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above, on 2 July 1987.

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