ID 1250812
Lot 19 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
The Engraved Passion
the complete set of 16 engravings
1507-1513
on laid paper, without watermarks or partial watermarks Bull's Head (Meder 62) and High Crown (Meder 20)
very fine to very good Meder a-c impressions
printing sharply, with great clarity and good contrasts
with small margins, two with narrower margins
in very good condition
Plates 119 x 75 mm.
Sheets 123 x 80 mm. (and similar)
Provenance
Kungliga Museum (Royal Museum), Stockholm (Lugt 1638, recto).
Nationalmuseum, Print Room, Stockholm (Lugt 1934) (M. 12 & 13 with the stamp); their sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 10-12 November 1927, lot 335 ('Ein schönes Exemplar der Folge in vorzüglichen gleichmäßigen Abdrucken, sicher von ursprünglicher Zusammengehörigkeit, mit gleichmäßigen, 3mm. breiten Rändern. Von tadeloser Erhaltung') (Mk. 1550).
With E. & R. Kistner, Nuremberg.
Private Collection, Switzerland; acquired from the above in 1996; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Meder, Hollstein 3-18; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 45-60
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 |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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