Martin Schongauer (c. 1450-c. 1491) - Lot 74

Martin Schongauer (c. 1450-c. 1491) Saint Agnes. Burin. 101 x 150. Bartsch 62; Hollstein-Lehrs 67. Superb, brilliant proof on slightly yellow laid paper (watermark: Gothic P with four-lobed fleuron), trimmed on the square line, some fine sizes slightly weakened (little inked). The small surface accident in the copper between the bottom of the hair and the very inked palm. Small ink stain under the M. Slight gray trace (ink veil) in the grass on the left. Small, imperceptible old restorations in the corners. Thin strip of gummed paper along the left edge on verso. Annotation in pencil on verso with initials "WW". Ex-coll. P. Prouté (2103c). Other unidentified mark (faint letters in a blue circle).