Lot 16
  • 16

Albrecht Dürer 1471-1528

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Albrecht Dürer
  • Adam and Eve (B. 1; M., Holl. 1)
  • 246 by 192mm; 9 3/4 by 7 5/8 in
Engraving, 1504, Meder IIIa, a fine, luminous impression, on paper with a Bull's Head watermark, trimmed to the borderline, circa 55mm repaired tear in left edge, across Adam's knee, other unobtrusive repairs in edges, otherwise in good condition

Provenance

Ex coll. E. F. Oppermann (L. 887), this impression mentioned by Lugt

Condition

Small repaired tears in lower and upper edges
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