Old Master Prints
Old Master Prints
Albrecht Dürer
Samson Fighting with the Lion (B. 2; M., Holl. 107)
Lot Closed
July 9, 01:04 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Albrecht Dürer
1471 - 1528
Samson Fighting with the Lion (B. 2; M., Holl. 107)
Woodcut, circa 1496-97, a fine, even Meder a-b impression, printing with remarkable contrasts and clarity, before the gaps in the contours of the mountains, unframed
sheet: 381 by 279mm 15 by 11in
Ex coll. 'R' pierced by a vertical arrow (not in L.); inscribed "July 1, 1901 - G.R.W.- ly" in pencil (not in L.)