Sale 2460 - Old Master Through Modern Prints, November 2, 2017

57 c AGOSTINO VENEZIANO Two engravings. The Cumaen Sybil , 1516. 173x130 mm; 6 7 / 8 x5 1 / 8 inches * Venus and Cupid , 1516. 178x131 mm; 7x5 1 / 4 inches, thread margins. Very good impressions of these scarce, early engravings. Bartsch 123 and 286. [1,000/1,500] 58  MASTER B WITH THE DIE (after Raphael) Apollo and Marsyas . Engraving, circa 1520. 190x289 mm; 7 1 / 2 x11 1 / 2 inches, narrow margins. Second state (of 3), before the inscriptions along the lower center edge. A brilliant, well-inked and early impression of this very scarce engraving. Bartsch 31. [1,200/1,800] 59  ENEA VICO (after Raphael) Tarquinius and Lucretia . Engraving, circa 1545. 285x415 mm; 11 1 / 4 x16 1 / 4 inches, thread margins. Anchor in a circle watermark (Briquet 454 and following, which date from the late 1400s/early 1500s). A superb, dark, richly-inked and early impression, with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Bartsch 15. [1,500/2,500] 57