Lot 92: DOMENICO BECCAFUMI (1486-1551) Four Doctors (Four Evangelists) Block & Sheet 222 x 176 mm.

DOMENICO BECCAFUMI (1486-1551)
Four Doctors (Four Evangelists)
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in black and mushroom, circa 1540s, on laid paper, watermark Siren in a Circle (this variant not in Briquet or Takahatake), a fine impression of the second, final state, trimmed on or just outside the borderline, the lower and upper left sheet corners skilfully repaired, a tiny repair to the borderline at lower right, two small repairs in the blank area at lower centre, the subject in good condition
Block & Sheet 222 x 176 mm.

With Olimpia Theodoli, London.
Acquired from the above in 1995.