ANONYMOUS GERMAN, 15TH CENTURY
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
metalcut with handcolouring, circa 1450-70, on laid paper, a very good, clear impression of this unrecorded, possibly unique print, the contemporary handcolouring in red, yellow and green, with gum arabic on the red dress, foliage and flowers, with margins, the sheet mounted as a paste-down to the verso of a 15th-century German book cover, a thick, calf-covered wooden board, the sheet and backing sheet inscribed in brown ink in a 15th century hand Jesus Christus IhS
Plate 102 x 74 mm.
Sheet 141 x 101 mm.
Board 195 x 137 mm.
ANONYMOUS GERMAN, 15TH CENTURY
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
metalcut with handcolouring, circa 1450-70, on laid paper, a very good, clear impression of this unrecorded, possibly unique print, the contemporary handcolouring in red, yellow and green, with gum arabic on the red dress, foliage and flowers, with margins, the sheet mounted as a paste-down to the verso of a 15th-century German book cover, a thick, calf-covered wooden board, the sheet and backing sheet inscribed in brown ink in a 15th century hand Jesus Christus IhS
Plate 102 x 74 mm.
Sheet 141 x 101 mm.
Board 195 x 137 mm.
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