ID 793286
Lot 160 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
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.
Special notice
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| Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Art style: | Renaissance |
| Place of origin: | Germany |
| Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Art style: | Renaissance |
| Place of origin: | Germany |
| Address of auction |
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