Cornelis CORT: Conversion of St Paul - 1576

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Price: 4500 €

Engraving, 370 x 494 mm. New Hollstein 80, evoked but undescribed state, i.e. 3rd state (of 3).

Very rare impression with the address of Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi (c.1601 - 1678), replacing the address of Lorenzo Vaccari. The New Hollstein notice states: “Zani 1819-22 (vol. II/IX, p. 225) mentions an edition with the address of Vaccari erased and replaced by: Gio. Batta Rossi f. in P. Narma [sic].”. However, this edition is not indicated after the two states described and no impression is cited.

Fine impression printed on watermarked laid paper (double circle, difficult to see). Point of upper left corner reattached, small brown spot at lower left, otherwise in good condition. Thread margins all around the platemark.

Cornelis Cort regularly engraved prints after compositions by Giulio Clovio. “Clovio provided Cort with drawings which were based, as far as we know, on miniatures he had made himself. The design for the engraving The conversion of Paul, derives from a representation from one of the manuscripts illuminated by Clovio, the ‘Soane manuscript’, as it is called, which was commissioned in about 1535 by Cardinal Grimani.” (Manfred Sellink, Cornelis Cort, cat. 58, p. 167).