ID 1250763
Lot 18 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
Saint George on Horseback
engraving
circa 1505/08
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine Meder b/c impression
printing sharply, with strong contrasts, great clarity and depth
with traces of plate tone to the right of the horse's head
trimmed to or just inside the platemark
in very good condition
Sheet 108 x 84 mm.
Provenance
Giovanni Battista Maggi (active 1831-1880), Turin and Florence (Lugt 1776 recto).
Walter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch (1806-1884), London & Dalkeith, Scotland (Lugt 402); his sale, Christie's, London, 9-22 April 1887, lot 1539 (£ 9.9; to Lauser).
With Gustav Lauser, London.
With Kennedy Galleries, New York (their stock number A 21674.2 in pencil verso).
With E. & R. Kistner, Nuremberg.
Private Collection, Switzerland; acquired from the above in 1993; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch 54; Meder, Hollstein 56; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 41
| 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 |
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