Lot 4
  • 4

Albrecht Dürer

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • Albrecht Dürer
  • The Betrayal of Christ (B., M., Holl. 5)
  • engraving
  • sheet: 115 by 73mm 4 1/2 by 2 7/8 in
Engraving, 1508, from The Engraved Passion, a very good Meder b-c impression, the horizontal scratch of Meder c just beginning to form on the tablet, framed

Provenance

Ex coll. John Tetlow (L. 2868); an unidentified collector's mark

Condition

Trimmed on the borderline at right and left, fractionally within borderline and subject at top and bottom, generally in good condition, a small thin area at the lower right sheet corner verso, a slight stain on the leftmost figure's foot in the lower left corner of subject, framed.
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