A White Line Border with Two Cartouches: "A Satyr Sacrificing a Ram," and "The Choice of Hercules", 1497/1498

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series Title

from Saint Jerome, _Opera_ (Venice, Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, 1497/1498)

Medium

woodcut page removed from a book

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Essling 1967, no. 1170

Accession Number

2013.75.1

Artists / Makers

Benedetto Bordon (artist) Italian, 1450 - 1530

Image Use

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Inscription

in center of page: Prologus. / INCIPIT EXPOSITIO BEATI HIERONYMI / PRAESBYTERI IN PSALTERIVM. ET PRIMO / PROLOGVS EIVSDEM... ; in lower cartouche: S. C. / P. I; verso :printed text

Provenance

W. C. Russell Allen. (R. M. Light, 1960); Arthur Vershbow, Boston; (sale, Christie's New York, 10 April 2013, no. 207); (Ursus Books, Ltd., New York); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Allen, W.G. Russell, Mr.
Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Light, Robert M., Mr.
Ursus Books and Prints, Ltd.
Vershbow, Arthur E., Mr.

Bibliography

1967: Essling, Victor Messéna. Les livres à figures vénitiens de la fin du XVe siècle et du commencement du XVIe. Turin, 1967: no. 1170.