Lot 7
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ALBRECHT DÜRER | Knight, Death and the Devil (B. 98; M., Holl. 74)

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Albrecht Dürer
  • Knight, Death and the Devil (B. 98; M., Holl. 74)
  • image: 244 by 188mm 9 5/8 by 7 3/8 in
  • sheet: 245 by 189mm 9 5/8 by 7 3/8 in
Engraving, 1513, a good, probably Meder d impression, with the faint scratch across the thorny tree, unframed

Provenance

Ex. coll. Johann Peter Maria Cerroni (L. 1432)

Condition

Re-margined and made up 5mm within the subject along the upper and left sheet edges, the lower and right sheet edges trimmed to and along the borderline, the lower left corner made up, a 1cm area under the dog's left paw touched in with pen and ink, two small made-up areas at right touched in with pen and ink, one with an associated repaired tear extending horizontally from the right sheet edge, unframed.
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