Harris Schrank Fine Prints

Francesco Salviati (Italy 1510-1563) (after), by Girolamo Fagiuoli, Italy (active 1530-1574). “The Death of Meleager”. Engraving on laid paper, with an anchor in a circle watermark, S. 43.3×32.8 cm. Bartsch 41 from the first state, of five, as published by Salamanca. 1543. This print was formerly thought to be by Nicolas Beatrizet (France and Italy 1507-1565), though more recently it has been convincingly attributed to Girolamo Fagiuoli by Suzanne Boorsch and Bernard Barryte in Myth, Allegory and Faith, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford, 2015, page 110, catalogue number 71. PROVENANCE The collection of Engineer and Major Frank Bensow (1883-1969), with the […]

Francesco Salviati (Italy 1510-1563) (after), by Nicolas Beatrizet France and Italy (1507-1565). “The Sacrifice of Iphigenia”. Signed N. BEATRIZET LOTARINGVS F. in the plate. Engraving on laid paper, with a shield with the letter M and a six-pointed star watermark, S. 33.2 x 44.8 cm. Bartsch 43 from the first state, of two, with the address of the publisher Tramezini. 1553. Provenance The collection of Engineer and Major Frank Bensow (1883-1969), with the ink stamp verso (Lugt 982c). In Greek mythology, Iphigenia was a daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus a princess of Mycenae. In the story, […]