Andrea Mantegna (1431-1503)
Bacchanal with Silenus (B. 20; Hind 3; Martineaux 75)
engraving with drypoint, early 1470s, a good though slightly later impression of this rare engraving, printing with burr on the scratch above the grapevine at right and the scratches below, on fine laid paper, probably late 15th century, without watermark, an unusually large sheet for this print, showing the entire subject and parts of the irregular, curved platemark at the corners, with thread margins in places along the left sheet edge, some thin spots, otherwise in good condition
S. 322 x 454 mm.
Andrea Mantegna (1431-1503)
Bacchanal with Silenus (B. 20; Hind 3; Martineaux 75)
engraving with drypoint, early 1470s, a good though slightly later impression of this rare engraving, printing with burr on the scratch above the grapevine at right and the scratches below, on fine laid paper, probably late 15th century, without watermark, an unusually large sheet for this print, showing the entire subject and parts of the irregular, curved platemark at the corners, with thread margins in places along the left sheet edge, some thin spots, otherwise in good condition
S. 322 x 454 mm.
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