Cristofano di Michele Martini Il Robetta ( 1480-1535 ), Allegory of the Power of Love

engraving, 300 x 280 mm (platemark); 395 x 290 mm (sheet). Sharp impression with deep black tones, on thick laid paper with watermark (tulip with two leaves?), Vallardi edition?. Proof with large margins at the top and bottom, and with margins of approx. 5 mm on the right and left sides. In excellent condition except for a small scratch on the chest and arm of the man represented on the left. Glued in two places on the passe-partout. Slightly browned paper. 

Hind DII.29, Bartsch XIII.406.25, Levinson, Oberhuber, Sheehan, Early Italian Engravings from the National Gallery of Art, Washington 1973, n. 120.