Lot 20
  • 20

Albrecht Dürer 1471-1528

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Albrecht Dürer
  • Hercules (B. 73; M., HOLL. 63)
  • 320 by 220mm; 12 5/8 by 8 5/8 in
Engraving, 1498, a fairly good Meder IIIb impression, still printing clearly, on paper with a Bishop's Arms watermark, thread margin above, trimmed to the borderline elsewhere, repaired tear in sky at right edge, several other small repairs at edges and an old central horizontal crease (mainly visible verso)

Provenance

With unidentified collector's mark, verso

Condition

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