ID 1470346
Lot 341 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
Knight, Death and the Devil
engraving
1513
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine, bright and silvery impression, Meder a-b
printing sharply, with great clarity, luminous contrasts and depth
trimmed to or just outside the subject
the left sheet edge very skillfully made up, a few other minor repairs
generally in good condition
Sheet 24,5 x 18,7 cm. (9 ¾ x 7 ¼ in.)
Provenance
Unidentified, initials GE (...) in pencil verso (not in Lugt).
Georg Rath (1828-1904), Budapest (Lugt 1206); his sale, A. Posonyi, Vienna, 11 January 1869, lot 371 ('Ein Chef d'Oeuvre in sehr schönem Abdr.') (Fl. 60).
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (their stocknumber C. 30992 in pencil verso).
Karl & Faber, Munich, 29 May 1991, lot 45.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
A. von Bartsch, Le Peintre Graveur, Vienna, vol. VII, 1808, no. 98, p. 52.
J. Meder, Dürer-Katalog, Vienna, 1932, no. 74, p. 100.
F. W. H. Hollstein, German Engravings Etchings and Woodcuts, CA. 1400-1700, Albrecht and Hans Dürer, Amsterdam, 1962, no. 74, p. 68-69 (another impression ill.).
W. L. Strauss (ed.), The Illustrated Bartsch, Vol. 10, New York, 1980, no. 98, p. 85 (another impression ill.).
R. Schoch, M. Mende & A. Scherbaum, Albrecht Dürer, Das druckgraphische Werk, Munich, vol. I, 2001, (Kupferstiche, Eisenradierungen und Kaltnadelblätter), no. 69, pp. 169-173 (another impression ill.).
Exhibited
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Verhext – Phantastische Graphik aus der Sammlung Hegewisch, November 1997 – March 1998.
| Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Renaissance, Old Masters |
| Genre: | Allegory |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints & Multiples |
| Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Renaissance, Old Masters |
| Genre: | Allegory |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints & Multiples |
| Address of auction |
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