Giovanni Gallo
(Lombardy, c. 1570) Cain slaying Abel, after Marcus Senensis, woodcut, on laid paper, before the name of the painter and engraver at lower right margin, 42 x 27 cm, with uneven margins along framing lines, somewhat fading, comp. Bartsch XII,44, 58, 124, Nagler vol. 5, p. 3, mounted, unframed, (Sch)
Giovanni Gallo was a woodcut artist active in Nortern Italy and famous for his clair-obscur woodcuts after Marc Pino. The woodblock ofthe present sheet was used for colour prints; the present print, however, derives from one block in black colour; the line with the name of the painter and woodcut artists are therefore lost. Compare Cabinet des Estampes, Paris, EA 26 reserve folio E 027316 (with the inscription) and the exh.cat. "Chiaroscuro woodcuts", Colnaghi Prints Ltd., London, Oct./Nov. 1988, No. 32 (without inscription).
Provenance: A collector’s paraphe "G. Storck a Milano 1802 In A. 12591" (Lugt 2319) on the reverse.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
24.10.2013 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 8,125.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 2,400.- to EUR 3,000.-
Giovanni Gallo
(Lombardy, c. 1570) Cain slaying Abel, after Marcus Senensis, woodcut, on laid paper, before the name of the painter and engraver at lower right margin, 42 x 27 cm, with uneven margins along framing lines, somewhat fading, comp. Bartsch XII,44, 58, 124, Nagler vol. 5, p. 3, mounted, unframed, (Sch)
Giovanni Gallo was a woodcut artist active in Nortern Italy and famous for his clair-obscur woodcuts after Marc Pino. The woodblock ofthe present sheet was used for colour prints; the present print, however, derives from one block in black colour; the line with the name of the painter and woodcut artists are therefore lost. Compare Cabinet des Estampes, Paris, EA 26 reserve folio E 027316 (with the inscription) and the exh.cat. "Chiaroscuro woodcuts", Colnaghi Prints Ltd., London, Oct./Nov. 1988, No. 32 (without inscription).
Provenance: A collector’s paraphe "G. Storck a Milano 1802 In A. 12591" (Lugt 2319) on the reverse.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 24.10.2013 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 19.10. - 24.10.2013 |
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