Old Master Prints
Old Master Prints
A Collection of Prints After Albrecht Dürer
Lot Closed
July 9, 01:32 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Collection of Prints After Albrecht Dürer
Engraving after The Virgin and Child with a Multitude of Animals and Plants, circa 1597, a very good impression of the second (final) state, on paper with a Bunch of Grapes watermark; with B. 10, etching after The Death of the Virgin, after 1510, a fine impression of the first state (of two), on paper with a Coat of Arms watermark; and cf. B. 4-9, 11, seven engravings after The Engraved Passion in reverse, after 1512, good impressions; and B. 5, 12, 13, 15, 17, five etchings after The Engraved Passion, after 1512, good but later impressions, B. 15 on paper with a Crossed Keys watermark; and B. 74 copy 1, engraving after Melencolia I, 1602, a very good impression, each unframed
smallest sheet (cf. B. 4-9, 11): each approx. 70 by 48mm 2¾ by 1⅞in
largest sheet (Holl. 72): 340 by 245mm 13⅜ by 9⅝in
Artists included: Aegidius Sadeler II, Hieronymous Hopfer, Lambert Hopfer, and Johan Wierix