Lot 87
  • 87

Albrecht Dürer

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Albrecht Dürer
  • St. Jerome in His Cell (B. 114; M., Holl., 228)
  • Woodcut on Paper
  • sheet: 234 by 158mm 9 1/2 by 6 1/4 in
Woodcut, 1511, a strong, clear Meder b impression, the flaws in the lion's paw made up in pen and ink

Condition

Trimmed on or just within the borderline, slightly unevenly at top, with numerous repairs wherein losses have been made up with pen and ink located at the lion's paw and hind quarters, the curtain and the date, the repaired area in the curtain with associated staining, other minor defects, unframed.
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