ID 1250711
Lot 17 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
The Large Horse
engraving
1505
on laid paper, with a small watermark fragment, possibly Bull's Head (Meder 62)
a very fine Meder a impression
printing darkly and with great contrasts, with much relief
with narrow margins
some minor repairs
generally in good condition
Plate 167 x 118 mm.
Sheet 168 x 119 mm.
Provenance
Unidentified, indistinct initials in a double circle (Lugt 1493b).
Unidentified, initial A with a star (Lugt 53).
Count Giuseppe Archinto (1783-1861), Milan (see Lugt 546; without mark; according to an inscription on the mount).
Unidentified, inscription 'n. 30 Jb(?) 1884' in brown ink (not in Lugt).
With Kennedy Galleries, New York (their stocknumbers a39423, and a6074 [crossed out], in pencil verso).
Literature
Bartsch 97; Meder, Hollstein 94; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 43
Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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Applied technique: | Engraving |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Old Masters |
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 |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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