Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550) - "Leda e il cigno" - raro originale
\Artist: Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550)
Technique: Burin\Signature: Plate signed\Dimensions: 45_59_0_mm
Beautiful and rare original engraving, in 2nd st. /2 with the correction of COMPRESSU in TABLET, trimmed to the framing line, on laid paper, in good condition (see photos) . Top left date and signature "1548 HSB", bottom Latin description "LEDA A IOVE, IN CYGNUM VERSO, TABLET. " Depicted Leda, a nude female figure seated on the right, in profile to the left, caressing the neck of the swan on her left; in the background of the landscape a castle on the left. Pauli, 114. II; Hollstein 114. II; Bartsch VIII. 161. 112.
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\Artist: Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550)
Technique: Burin\Signature: Plate signed\Dimensions: 45_59_0_mm
Beautiful and rare original engraving, in 2nd st. /2 with the correction of COMPRESSU in TABLET, trimmed to the framing line, on laid paper, in good condition (see photos) . Top left date and signature "1548 HSB", bottom Latin description "LEDA A IOVE, IN CYGNUM VERSO, TABLET. " Depicted Leda, a nude female figure seated on the right, in profile to the left, caressing the neck of the swan on her left; in the background of the landscape a castle on the left. Pauli, 114. II; Hollstein 114. II; Bartsch VIII. 161. 112.