Lot 8
  • 8

Albrecht Dürer

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Albrecht Dürer
  • The Death of the Virgin (B. 93; M., Holl. 205)
  • etching
  • sheet: 290 by 206mm 11 3/8 by 8 1/8 in
Woodcut, 1510, from The Life of the Virgin, a fine black Meder b impression before the Latin book edition of 1511, printing with great clarity, on paper with a Bull's head with Cross and Flower watermark (M. 66), framed

Provenance

Ex coll. Staatliche graphische Sammlung München, their stamp twice (L. 2481a and L1094a)

Condition

Trimmed to the borderline, in good condition, a faint brown stain at the lower right sheet corner verso, a few minute fox marks, the remains of hinging at lower corners verso, framed.
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