Beschreibung:

Pencz (Georg, 1500-1550). Medea and Jason (from The Greek Heroines), 1539, engraving on laid paper, a fine impression of the first state (of two), trimmed to the subject, sheet size 11.6 x 7.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 ins), together with Solomon in Idolatry, engraving on laid paper, a later impression, trimmed to the subject, just within at bottom, together with four engravings by Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550): St Mark, circa 1541, engraving on laid paper, a fine, rich impression, trimmed to the borderline, a tiny nick at the left sheet edge, minor spots of paper thinning, in very good condition, A Triton and a Nereid, 1523, engraving on laid paper, a very good, clear impression, trimmed to the borderline at top and right, to the subject at left, to or just within the subject at bottom, a small repaired tear upper right, Greeks and Trojans, a later impression, trimmed to the subject, a small repair to the right, and The Virgin and Child with a Parrot, a late impression, trimmed to the borderline, in very good condition, some surface dirt, a printer’s crease inherent to production, largest sheet size 11.6 x 7.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 ins), smallest sheet size 4.4 x 3 cm. (1 3/4 x 1 1/8 ins) Provenance: Georg Pencz Medea and Jason: William Bell Scott (1811-1890), his stamp verso (Lugt 2607); Solomon in Idolatry: Friedrich Quiring (born 1886), his stamp verso (Lugt 1041b). Literature: Hollstein 15 (Medea and Jason) and 121 (Solomon in Idolatry); 89 (A Triton and a Nereid), 74 (Greeks and Romans), and 21 (The Virgin and Child with a Parrot).