Lot 14
  • 14

Albrecht Dürer

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Albrecht Dürer
  • The Virgin and Child Seated by the Wall (B. 40; M., Holl. 36)
  • engraving
  • Plate: 147 by 101mm; 5¾ by 4in
Engraving, 1514, a very good Meder b impression, printing with great contrasts and clarity

Provenance

With an unidentified collector's mark (cf. L. 2602) possibly related to the collector's mark of William Walker (L. 2660)

Condition

Trimmed to or on the platemark, with thread margin in places below, in good condition apart from paper discoloration, occasional pale brown stains (mainly visible verso and slightly showing through recto), a central horizontal and vertical fold verso, unframed.
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