ID 1250721
Lot 9 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
The ill-assorted Couple
engraving
circa 1495
on laid paper, watermark Bull's Head (Meder 62)
a very fine, rare, early Meder Ia-impression
printing with touches of burr, fine wiping marks and a light plate tone
with strong contrasts, great clarity and depth
with thread margins, some minor defects
generally in good condition
Sheet 151 x 140 mm.
Provenance
Pierre Mariette II (1634-1716), Paris (Lugt 1789), dated 1673 (?).
Dr Julius Elischer von Thurzóbánya (1846-1909), Budapest (Lugt 807 & 4061).
Országos Képtár (National Picture Gallery - Print Cabinet), Budapest (Lugt 2000); acquired from the above with his collection of Dürer and Rembrandt in 1900.
With E. & R. Kistner, Nuremberg.
Private Collection, Switzerland; acquired from the above; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch 93; Meder, Hollstein 77; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 3
| Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Genre art |
| 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: | Genre art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany |
| Address of auction |
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