Léon
DAVENT
active in France c.1540 - 1556
The eagle of Zeus giving the water from the Styx to Psyche
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| Engraving 290x398 mm. Only state. Signed on plate with monogram and lettered with name of designer. After a fresco executed by Giulio Romano in the Sala di Psiche, Palazzo di Te, Mantua.
A very fine, strong impression. Watermark: Small pot with a flower. With narrow margins all around the borderline. Minors defects, but overall in very good condition.
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Bartsch, vol. XVI, n. 46 | Herbet, 1896-1902, p.36, n. 82 | Zerner, 1969, n. 2
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