GERMAN SCHOOL, 15TH CENTURY | THE TWELVE YEAR OLD JESUS IN THE TEMPLE (SCH., VOL. I, NO. 127A)

Property from the Collection of the Late Walter L. Strauss
GERMAN SCHOOL, 15TH CENTURY
THE TWELVE YEAR OLD JESUS IN THE TEMPLE (SCH., VOL. I, NO. 127A)

Woodcut with handcolouring in pink, pale brown, yellow and green, circa 1460-65, a good impression of this extremely rare print (presumably the only impression cited by Schreiber), unframed
image: 88 by 64mm 3½ by 2½in
sheet: 94 by 71mm 3¾ by 2¾in

Condition Report:
With narrow margins, made up and touched in areas along the right of the subject and at the lower right corner, the left edge of the sheet supported and a diagonal supported tear at lower left, unframed.

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Provenance:
This work, like the preceding lot 'Saint Sebastian and the Madonna (Half Figures)', originates from the Fürstenberg Court Library at Donaueschingen (see lot 34)