HANS SEBALD BEHAM (NUREMBERG 1500-1550 FRANKFURT)

Property from a Private English Collection

HANS SEBALD BEHAM (NUREMBERG 1500-1550 FRANKFURT)
Cimon and Pero
Signed with monogram and dated 1544 (upper left); lettered CZINMON' (lower centre) and on the column ICH LEB VON DER BRUST MEINER DOCHTER
Three collector's marks on the verso (L.2607, L.1053 and unidentified mark L.2667a).
engraving, second state
7 x 5.1 cm

LITERATURE:
P. 79; B. VIII.146.75; Holl. VIII.146.75.

PROVENANCE:
W. Bell SCOTT (1811-1890), L.2607.
F. WEDMORE (1844-1921), L.1053.
Sotheby's, London, 27.03.2007, Lot 4.