SCHOOL OF ANDREA MANTEGNA (CIRCA 1431-1506)
Hercules and Antaeus
engraving, 1497, on laid paper, without watermark, a good but slightly later impression, trimmed inside the platemark but outside the subject, with two partially broken and repaired horizontal folds, a small made-up paper loss at lower right, some pale staining and other minor defects; with Cristofano Robetta (1462- after 1522), Allegory of Carnal Love, engraving, circa 1500-1520, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good, strong impression, an early 19th century reprint, presumably by Giuseppe Vallardi, Milan, with small margins, pale mount-staining in the margins, two adhesive stains in the upper margin, otherwise in good condition
Plate 302 x 281 mm., Sheet 313 x 302 mm. (Mantegna)
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SCHOOL OF ANDREA MANTEGNA (CIRCA 1431-1506)
Hercules and Antaeus
engraving, 1497, on laid paper, without watermark, a good but slightly later impression, trimmed inside the platemark but outside the subject, with two partially broken and repaired horizontal folds, a small made-up paper loss at lower right, some pale staining and other minor defects; with Cristofano Robetta (1462- after 1522), Allegory of Carnal Love, engraving, circa 1500-1520, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good, strong impression, an early 19th century reprint, presumably by Giuseppe Vallardi, Milan, with small margins, pale mount-staining in the margins, two adhesive stains in the upper margin, otherwise in good condition
Plate 302 x 281 mm., Sheet 313 x 302 mm. (Mantegna)
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