Lot 37: Giuseppe Scolari (1592-1607)

Giuseppe Scolari (1592-1607)
The Rape of Proserpina (Rosand and Muraro 104B)
woodcut, circa 1600, on laid paper, a very strong, slightly over- inked impression of the second, final state, trimmed to the borderline, several printer's creases the right, laid down onto an album sheet, two short tears at the left and right sheet edges, otherwise in generally good condition
B., S. 465 x 355 mm.

John Barnard (d. 1784), London (L. 1420); probably his posthumous sale, Greenwood, London, 16 February 1787 (and following days).