Second Master of Delft (1480-1498 Act.) Lot n° 5

Master Of Delft - Healing of the blind of Bethsaida / Description: Christ heals the blind Bethesda. Three scenes from the story of the healing of the blind man. Blind man being led to Christ by a young boy. Christ lays his hands on blind eyes. The Cured man walks away . This is a full page incunabula woodcut, from a very early edition of Ludolphus de Saxonia, "Dat Boeck vanden leven ons lief heeren Ihesu Christi". This is a full page incunabula woodcut, from a very early edition of Ludolphus de Saxonia, "Dat Boeck vanden leven ons lief heeren Ihesu Christi". The first edition was published in 1487 in Antwerp, followed by the 1488 edition in Delft, 1495 and 1499 in Zwolle and again in Antwerp in 1510. The woodcut here on auction is attributed to the second master of Delft, alias the Master of the Virgo inter Virgines) and dated 1480-1500. The woodcut was already used in the edition of 22 May 1488. In fact the fresh impression still with complete intact borderlines makes it very plausible our woodcut belongs to the early edition of 22 May 1488. / Dimensions: 17,50 x 14,50 cm / Condition: Excellent impression with unbroken woodcut borderlines tipped with corners on a support sheet. Nice period hand coloring. Gothic Dutch letterpress on the backside in two columns. / Literature: Conway 1884 (Conway 21.12:11) ---"The guilder compass" (1951). Botke, K. --- Prof. Henri Defoer, history of the woodcuts from the Ludolphus editions. ( Jaarboek voor Nederlandse boekgeschiedenis 24/2017) / Medium: Colored woodcut /Circa: 1480-1503 260