Lodovico Carracci

2 sheets Madonna and Child surrounded by Angels – Mary with the Infant Jesus and the Infant John

Details

Bartsch XVIII, 24, Nr. 2 und Nr. 25; Bohlin 3 I (von III) und 4 II (von II).

Provenienz:
Johann Melchior von Birckenstock (1738-1809), Wien und Frankfurt a. M. (Cabinet Brentano-Birckenstock), verso mit dem Stempel (Lugt 345);
Sammlung Heinrich Brockhaus (1804-1874), Leipzig, seitdem in Familienbesitz.

Description

Excellent, even and fine-lined impressions, sheet 1 in a very rare early impression, before the addresses of Orlandi and van Aelst. Each trimmed close to the platemark. – Paper slightly stained and minimally darkened. Sheet 1 with a backed loss and a paper thinning in the lower margin on the verso, as well as a mounting strip on the verso, otherwise in good condition for its age. Rare, Bohlin only knows a total of four Engravings by the artist!

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