ID 1250795
Lot 22 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
The Virgin and Child seated by a Tree
engraving
1513
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine, warm Meder a impression
printing with great luminosity and contrasts
with a light plate tone and much relief
with narrow margins
some pale staining and some defects at upper right corner
otherwise in good condition
Plate 115 x 74 mm.
Sheet 116 x 75 mm.
Provenance
Unidentified, initials FG or JG (not in Lugt).
Probably David Didier Roth (circa 1798-1885), Paris (Lugt 2172; indistinct); his sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris (expert Clément), 1-6 December 1879, lot 71 ('Superbe épreuve') (Fr. 60; to D.D.).
George W. Reid (1819-1887), Keeper of the British Museum, London (Lugt 1210); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 26-29 February 1890, lot 176 (£ 2.14).
With Kennedy Galleries, New York (their stocknumber A 99550 in pencil verso).
Jane Wyatt, actress (1910-2006), New York & Bel Air, California (not in Lugt); then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch 35; Meder, Hollstein 34; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 67
| 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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