The Little Buffoon
Hans Sebald Beham - The Little Buffoon, engraving, 1542, first state (of 2)
Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550), The Little Buffoon, engraving, 1642. References: Bartsch 230, Pauli 234, first state (of 2). In very good condition apart two minor thin spots lower right and an unobtrusive vertical crease, mainly visible verso, trimmed to the platemark, 45 x 81 mm.
A fine, rich impression of the first state.
Provenance:
Heinrich Stiebel (Lugt 1367)
W. Meyer (L. 1813)
Albert W. Blum (L. 79b); his sale Sotheby’s, New York, Feb. 27, 1988. lot 1190
The inscription reads: ON DIR HAB ICH GERISEN DAS ICH MICH HAB BESCHISEN (I have written on you that I have beshit myself).
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