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HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550)
Lot 230 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550)

The Fool and the Foolish Woman

Closed10 December 2019

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HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550)
The Fool and the Foolish Woman
engraving, circa 1531-1550, a fine impression of the second, final state, with thread margins; together with Two Couples and a Buffoon by the same hand, engraving, 1535, a fine impression of the third, final state, with small margins, a skilfully repaired short tear at upper left; both on laid paper, without watermark, generally in good condition

Plate 36 x 53 mm., Sheet 37 x 54 mm. (Holl. 215)
Plate 31 x 52 mm., Sheet 35 x 56 mm. (Holl. 214)
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Heinrich Stiebel (born 1851), Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 1367); his sale, F. A. C. Prestel, Frankfurt am Main, 10-16 November 1920, lot 112 (`Ausgezeichneter klarer Abdruck') (Mk. 1500). (Holl. 215)
With The Fine Art Society, London. (Holl. 215)
With P. & D. Colnaghi, London (with their stock number C. 27628 in pencil verso), acquired from the above 28 February 1950 (£3-12). (Holl. 215)
G. Rosen, acquired from the above 20 February 1955 (£4-16). (Holl. 215)