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

61 c GIOVANNI B. GHISI Venus and Mars on a Bed . Engraving, circa 1540. 131 mm; 5 1 / 4 inches (diameter), thread margins. A superb, richly-inked impression of this very scarce engraving, with strong contrasts and no sign of wear. With—Another impression of the same subject. Bartsch 7. [1,500/2,500] 62 c GIOVANNI B. FRANCO (after Giulio Romano) The Golden Age . Engraving, circa 1540. 187x252 mm; 7 1 / 2 x10 inches, narrow to thread margins. Ex-collection Ducs d’Arenberg (Lugt 567, verso). A very good, well-inked impression of this extremely scarce engraving, with very strong contrasts. We have not found another impression at auction in the past 30 years. Bartsch 73. [1,500/2,500] 63  GIROLAMO FAGIUOLI (after Perino del Vaga) Fall of the Giants, Jupiter in the Clouds overhead Striking the Giants with Lightning . Engraving, circa 1539-49. 340x577 mm; 13 1 / 2 x22 3 / 4 inches. Trimmed on the plate mark, with thread margins outside the narrow black border line. A superb, dark and early impression, with strong contrasts and no sign of wear. We have not found another impression at auction in the past 30 years. Bartsch 16. [1,500/2,500] 61