Image from the 15th century illustrated account of Leben der Heiligen Altväter sold for €115,000 (£99,140) at Venator & Hanstein.
Bought by a German collector for €115,000 (£99,140), a 15th century illustrated account of Leben der Heiligen Altväter, or ‘Lives of the Holy Fathers’, catalogued as the work of the (Pseudo-) Hieronymous in a March 29 sale at Venator & Hanstein (23% buyer’s premium) of Cologne was a great rarity.
A profusely illustrated work, containing some 150 coloured cuts in all, it was printed in Strasbourg c.1482 and was said by the auction house to be the first copy seen on the market since the end of the Second World War.