ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

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Lot 160 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

Adam and Eve

engraving, 1504, on laid paper, watermark Bull's Head (Meder 62), a very fine, early impression of the rare second state (of three), Meder IIa, printing very richly and softly, with great clarity and contrasts, the edges of the subject and sheet extremely skilfully made up

Sheet 251 x 193 mm.





Provenance

Pierre Mariette II (1634-1716), Paris (Lugt 1789), dated 1681.

Franz Gawet (1765-1847), Vienna (Lugt 1005, dated 1807; and Lugt 1069), acquired for 145 guilders; his sale, Artaria, Vienna, 9 December 1844 (and following days), lot 369 ('Avec des petites taches et quelques légeres restaurations, mais brillante épreuve.')

With Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern.

Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above around 1955; then by descent to the present owner.



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