Lot 19
  • 19

Albrecht Dürer

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Albrecht Dürer
  • Nemesis (The Great Fortune) (B. 77; M., Holl. 72)
  • engraving
  • Sheet: 331 by 225mm; 13 by 8¾in
Engraving, circa 1502, a fine and clear Meder IIa impression, with strong contrasts, with traces of burr on the bridge, on paper with a High Crown watermark (M. 20)

Provenance

Ex coll. Edward G. Kennedy (L. 857); Saint John Dent (L. 2373); an unidentified collector's mark (L. 1493b)

Condition

Trimmed just outside or on the platemark, trimmed 4mm within the platemark at left, inky edges in pen and ink in places, a soft diagonal fold across the upper left corner, a central horizontal fold mainly visible verso, a pin hole at upper left corner, occasional foxmarks, unframed.
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