Lot 100: Rest on the Flight into Egypt (B. 1)

Sebastiano de'Valentinis (active circa 1540-1560)
Rest on the Flight into Egypt (B. 1)
etching, circa 1550-55, with an indistinct watermark, a good impression of this very rare print, one of only two known subjects by this elusive printmaker, with thread margins, a small hole in the rock above at right, a pale brown stain at the lower sheet edge, pencil and pen and brown ink drawings verso, otherwise in good condition
S. 210 x 140 mm., S. 212 x 141 mm.

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