ID 1250809
Lot 10 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
The Small Fortune
engraving
circa 1495/96
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine, tonal impression of this rare print, Meder a/b
printing with touches of burr and inky plate edges
the plate tone very pronounced in the upper part of the sheet
with thread margins or trimmed to the platemark
in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 119 x 66 mm.
Provenance
Marsden Jasael Perry (1850-1935), Providence, Rhode Island (Lugt 1880); his sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 18-23 May 1908, lot 365 ('Prachtvoller Abdruck. Sehr selten').
With E. & R. Kistner, Nuremberg.
Private Collection, Switzerland; acquired from the above in 1993; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch 78; Meder, Hollstein 71; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 5
| Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Allegory |
| 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: | Allegory |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany |
| Address of auction |
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