5004 - Aldegrever, Heinrich

Aldegrever, Heinrich [*] Self-Portrait at Age 28. Copperplate engraving. 14.5 x 10.3 cm. B. 188, Mielke (New Hollstein) 188 I (of II). Mark: Small crowned coat of arms with three lilies. In front of the vertical line below the button. Magnificent, sharp, and extremely clear print with a very fine knurled edge around the border line; traces of the plate edge in the upper left corner. Slightly and only faintly stained; at the bottom center, an inconspicuous, backed-up tear in the margin extending to the mantle collar; the lower right corner backed and with a closed tear running from the bottom to the right toward the edge, as well as a tiny repair at the lower left corner tip, the upper left corner tip restored, small mounting residues on the reverse; otherwise, a very fine specimen. With an illustrious provenance: From the collections of Pierre I Mariette (Lugt 1786b), Franz Rechberger (Lugt 2133), and the Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5e and its duplicate stamp Lugt 5h). - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.