ID 1250779
Lot 21 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
The Virgin and Child with the Pear
engraving
1511
on laid paper, watermark Anchor in a Circle with Star (Meder 171)
a brilliant, early Meder a impression
printing with remarkable clarity, intense contrasts and much depth
with traces of burr in places and a subtle plate tone
with a thread margin below, partial thread margins or trimmed inside the platemark elsewhere
in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 159 x 108 mm.
Provenance
Friedrich Quiring (b. 1886), Eberswalde (Lugt 1041c).
Kupferstichkabinett, Kunstmuseum Basel (Lugt 222b).
With E. & R. Kistner, Nuremberg.
Private Collection, Switzerland; acquired from the above in 1997; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch 41; Meder, Hollstein 33; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 63
| 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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