ID 1250709
Lot 14 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
Hercules at the Crossroads
engraving
circa 1498
on laid paper, watermark High Crown (Meder 20)
a brilliant Meder IIa impression
printing very sharply, with rich contrasts and much relief
trimmed to or just outside the borderline
in very good condition
Sheet 324 x 223 mm.
Provenance
Felix Somary (1881-1956), Vienna, Zurich, Washington D.C. (Lugt 4384); then by descent.
With E. & R. Kistner, Nuremberg.
Private Collection, Switzerland; acquired from the above; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch 73; Meder, Hollstein 63; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 22
| Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Allegory, Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany |
| Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Allegory, Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany |
| Address of auction |
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