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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

Lot 973
07.03.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1548207
Lot 973 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Hercules at the Crossroads
engraving
circa 1498
on laid paper, watermark Small Jug (Meder 158)
a fine Meder II a-b impression
printing strongly, with good contrasts, depth, and inky relief
trimmed to or on the borderline on three sides, just inside the subject above
some pale stains and other small defects
Sheet 31,6 x 21,9 cm. (12 7/16 x 8 5/8 in.)




Provenance

Otto Gerstenberg (1848-1935), Berlin; presumably acquired from the above; inscribed by his secretary Montag with the deaccession number M. 43 in pencil verso (Lugt 1840c; see also Lugt 2785); probably sold to Colnaghi & Co., London, and Harlow & Co., New York, with the majority of his collection in 1922.
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 27 May 2005, 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. 73, p. 42.
J. Meder, Dürer-Katalog, Vienna, 1932, no. 63, pp. 94-95.
F. W. H. Hollstein, German Engravings Etchings and Woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700, Albrecht and Hans Dürer, Amsterdam, 1962, no. 63, pp. 55-56 (another impression ill.).
W. L. Strauss (ed.), The Illustrated Bartsch, New York, 1980, vol. 10, no. 73, p. 64 (another impression ill.).
R. Schoch, M. Mende & A. Scherbaum, Albrecht Dürer - Das druckgraphische Werk, Munich, 2001, vol. I (Kupferstiche, Eisenradierungen und Kaltnadelblätter), no. 22, pp. 76-78 (another impression ill.).
Artist:Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528)
Applied technique:Engraving
Medium:Acrylic glass, Plastic
Art style:Old Masters
Genre:Mythological painting
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Prints & Multiples
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