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Acquaforte su ferro, tratta dalla Passione di Cristo. Le opere derivano dall’analoga serie di Albrecht Durer. Esemplare nel rarissimo primo stato di due, prima della tiratura Funk, con l’aggiunta del numero in lastra. Magnifica prova, particolarmente ricca di toni, impressa su carta vergata coeva con filigrana del “giglio”, rifilata al rame, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Christ carrying the cross; after Dürer (Meder 12); Christ at centre; a henchman urging him on by pulling his cloak; soldiers in background; Simon of Cyrene kneeling in left foreground and the Virgin and St Veronica following the Cross at left; from a series of fifteen etchings after Dürer's Small Passion.Etching on iron, from the Passion of Christ. Signed with monogram on a tablet at lower right.Examples in the very rare first state of two, before the Funk edition, with the number of the plate.A great impression, particularly rich in shades, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed to the platemark, in excellent condition. Cfr. Hollstein 11, I/II; Bartsch VIII.527.11.