ALBRECHT DÜRER | The Promenade (Bartsch 94; Meder, Hollstein 83)

Engraving, circa 1498, a very good, clear probably Meder Ie impression, framed

With thread margins, trimmed just into the blank area of subject at upper left with an associated faint feigned plate mark in pen and ink, in good condition, with thinned areas toward the corners and a discrete Japan reinforcement at each upper corner, the left upper corner somewhat discolored, a short tear extending fractionally into the subject at lower left, a minute nick at the lower right, a soft diagonal crease across the sheet verso (not visible recto), framed. (An uninked hair lower left inherent to production).
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