Lot 3
  • 3

Albrecht Dürer

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • Albrecht Dürer
  • The Man of Sorrows Standing by the Column (Bartsch, Meder, Hollstein 3)
  • engraving
  • plate: 119 by 74mm 4 7/8 by 2 7/8 in
  • sheet: 120 by 75mm 4 7/8 by 2 7/8 in
Engraving, 1509, from The Engraved Passion, a very good Meder c impression, on paper with a partial High Crown watermark (M. 20), framed

Condition

Trimmed just outside or on the plate mark, in good condition, some brown staining mostly visible verso, faintly visible recto through the archway and at lower left corner, slight paper thinning at the upper right sheet corner verso due to old mounting, a tiny abraded area at the lower right sheet corner
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