ID 793295
Lot 143 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
The Whore of Babylon, from: The Apocalypse
woodcut, circa 1497-98, on laid paper, watermark Tower with Crown and Flower (Meder 259), a good impression from the Latin text edition of 1511, printing with good clarity and constrasts, a little unevenly in places, with narrow margins or trimmed to the borderline, the lower left corner made up, other skilful repairs
Block & Image 392 x 280 mm.
Literature
Bartsch 73; Meder, Hollstein 177; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 125
| Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Applied technique: | Woodcut |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Germany |
| Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Applied technique: | Woodcut |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Germany |
| Address of auction |
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