Lot 107: MARCO DENTE, CALLED MARCO DA RAVENNA (CIRCA 1486-1527) AFTER ROSSO Allegory of Death and Fame ('The Skeletons') Plate & Sheet 287 x 431 mm.

MARCO DENTE, CALLED MARCO DA RAVENNA (CIRCA 1486-1527) AFTER ROSSO FIORENTINO (1494-1540)
Allegory of Death and Fame ('The Skeletons')
engraving, circa 1518-25, on laid paper, watermark Crossbow in a Circle with Fleur-de-Lys (similar to Briquet 761), a good but somewhat later impression, second state (of three), with Salamanca's address but before the address of Nicolas Van Aelst, printing with a light plate tone, trimmed to or just outside the platemark, some skilful repairs at the corners, a few other tiny repairs at the sheet edges, some vertical flattened folds, otherwise in good condition
Plate & Sheet 287 x 431 mm.

With Olimpia Theodoli, London.
Acquired from the above, on 5 July 1997.