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Lot 15
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Hans Sebald Beham 1484/85-1545

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Description

  • Hans Sebald Beham
  • hercules slaying the hydra; hercules killing anthaeus; and hercules capturing cerberus (holl.100; 103; and 104)
Engravings, three plates, 1545, fine impressions, holl.103 first state (of four), holl.100 and 104 third state (of four and final respectively), trimmed to borderline, holl.100 just within above and at right, very small paper losses in lower right corner and at upper right edge of sheet; with holl.21; 31 and 890, two engravings and one woodcut; with Barthel Beham, the battle for the banner (holl.26), engraving; with one duplicate of holl.31, in good condition (8)

Provenance

holl.21 with an unidentified collector's mark verso (possibly E Smith Jr (L.2897)), Dr O Mascha (L.1904); holl. 31 ex coll. M F Oppenheim (L.1999a); holl. 890 ex coll. L Freiherr von Biegeleben (L.385); holl.26 ex coll. C T Thiemann (L.642c); each ex coll. Dr Karl Herweg (not in Lugt)