Hercules and the Nemean Lion

NICCOLÒ VICENTINO (ACTIVE CIRCA 1540-1550) AFTER SCHOOL OF RAPHAEL (1483-1520) Hercules and the Nemean Lion chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in dark and light grey, circa 1540-50, on laid paper, without watermark, a good but later impression of the second, final state, with Andreani's address, with narrow to thread margins on three sides, trimmed to or just outside the borderline above, two horizontal tears, the lower right corner made up, the sheet backed Block 252 x 193 mm. Sheet 254 x 195 mm.