Various Artists

Group of Seven Wild Horses (B. 57; Holl. 239) by Hans Baldung. woodcut, 1534, a later impression, on paper with a Fleur De Lys watermark; with Allegorical Scene with Flemish Proverbs by Frans Huys, Cornelis Matsys (Holl. 34; See under P. Baltens, Holl. 6 for illus.), etching, circa 1550, presumably the first state (of two); with Christ Before Caiaphas by Lucas Cranach the Elder (B., Holl. 13), woodcut, 1509; with Gottvater Troend: Blad ur Schedels Weltchronik, and Adam and Eve (with Cain and Abel) (Weltkronik), woodcuts by Michael Wohlgemuth, circa 1493; with Portrait of Dürer by Erhard Schön (Holl. appx. 32), woodcut, 1528, on paper with an indistinct watermark; and St Bridget Takes Over the rules of the Order from Revelaciones Sancta Birgitte by Birgittenmeister, woodcut, 1500

Hans Baldung: Trimmed on the borderline, in good condition apart from the gaps in the upper borderline being touched-in with pen and faded black ink (the longest extending approx. 50mm.), further unobtrusive touchings-in to the subject at the right sheet edge and to a tiny uninked spot in the upper right sheet corner, some spots of discoloration only visible when holding up the print to raking light. Frans Huys: Trimmed on or just within the borderline, laid onto card, a few small losses in the central part of subject touched in with pen and ink, associated tears and thin areas mainly visible when the print is held up to raking light, a small re-attached area and a couple of tiny losses at the sheet edges, a number inscribed in and further additions in pen and brown ink at the lower left corner and in lower right of subject respectively, a blue mark towards the lower sheet edge, a few minor stains particularly visible in the group of figures towards the left , lesser defects (a few printer's creases visible in the sky, the doorway to the left and the lower sheet edge). Lucas Cranach the Elder: With margins, in good condition apart from overall pale discoloration, a pale stain at the upper right sheet corner, a short crease at the upper left sheet corner, a little minor thinning and a perforation towards the lower sheet edge, with associated paper reinforcements visible when the print is held up to the light Michael Wohlgemuth, Gottvater Troend: With a small margin at the top, otherwise trimmed on or just within the borderline, in good condition apart from a small stain below God's right hand, an uninked printer's crease across His chest Michael Wohlgemuth, Adam and Eve: With small margins, in good condition apart from a small stain towards the upper sheet edge. Erhard Schön: With narrow margins, in good condition apart from a tiny loss at the lower left corner tip with associated thinning and a perforation, a few soft creases at the right sheet edge. Birgittenmeister: With narrow margins, , in good condition apart from a central, horizontal cut, backed verso (a printer's crease in the blank area upper right of subject; the print and script verso heightened with red body colour).
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