Marcantonio Raimondi(1480-1530ca.), da Raffaello Sanzio - Alessandro mette in salvo i libri di Omero

A beautiful early 16th-century engraving after a subject by Marcantonio Raimondi and Raphael Sanzio, in a unique state.

Trimmed to the plate mark, on heavy laid paper, in good condition, with abrasions on the verso and a dark stain at the lower left (see photos).
It depicts Alexander the Great, surrounded by his soldiers, ordering that the works of Homer be placed for safekeeping in Achilles’ tomb.

This print is very rare and in perfect condition. It is an already restored impression.
On the reverse there is what is almost certainly a date (see photo): 1504, along with some nearly erased old inscriptions.

Recently, an identical print by Raimondi sold for £1,600.

Work by an anonymous artist from the first decades of the 16th century, in reverse of the print by Marcantonio Raimondi, which is extremely rare and was itself derived from a drawing attributed to Raphael.
Bartsch XIV.168.207.

The engraving will be shipped with careful packaging through the dedicated service of “Mail Boxes etc.”