School of Mantegna

Engravings, circa 1495-1498, two plates, trimmed to subject, paper losses at edges of sheet and some restorations; with George Pencz thetis and cheiron: the centaur cheiron visited by thetis; tomyris hiding king cyrus' head; and sextus tarquinius raping lucretia (B.90,70, 78; Holl. 119, 120, 130; L.78, 73, 68) etchings three plates, B.90 and 70 fine impressions, B.90 with narrow margins, the others with thread margins, B.70 trimmed on the platemark in places, B.90 with small hole on dog, B.70 with thin areas along left edge of sheet, occasional foxmarks, otherwise in generally good condition; with Sir Anthony van Dyck adam van noort ( Hollstein, Maquoy-Hendrickx 8), etching with engraving, before 1632, a good impression of the fourth state (of seven) with wide margins; with Jacques Callot, vue du louvre (Lieure 667), engraving, 1629; and another later copy after Mantegna

B. 90 ex coll. F. von Hagens (L. 1052a); B. 70 ex coll. I.I. de Kouriss (L.2722); B. 78 ex coll. M. Menge (L. 1893a); Callot (L.667) a duplicate from the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel (L.222b) and another unidentified (D in a circle) (not in Lugt); M. 126 a duplicate from Kungliga Museum (?), Stockholm (L.1638)