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Bulino, circa 1480-1500, monogrammato in lastra in basso al centro.Parte delle 12 tavole lehrs 4-15) che compongono la "Passione di Cristo", tutte copie - coeve e nello stesso verso - delle incisioni di Martin Schongauer.Belissima prova, impressa su carta vergata coeva, con sottili margini o rifilata al rame, in ottimo stato di conservazione.Molto rara.Bibliografia:Lehrs 1908-34 / Geschichte und kritische Katalog des deutschen, niederländischen und französischen Kupferstichs im XV Jahrhundert (VI.170.11.II); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VI.385.8); Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (26.c). Christ carrying the cross; Christ in the centre, surrounded by soldiers; to the left kneels St Veronica, taking back the sudarium with the Holy face imprinted; behind are the Virgin and St John; second state, circa 1480-1500.Engraving, part of a Passion series, consisting of twelve plates (Lehrs 4-15), copied in the same direction after Schongauer.A very rare work.Literature:Lehrs 1908-34 / Geschichte und kritische Katalog des deutschen, niederländischen und französischen Kupferstichs im XV Jahrhundert (VI.170.11.II); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VI.385.8); Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (26.c). Cfr.