ID 793465
Lot 150 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
The Little Courier
engraving, circa 1496, on laid paper, watermark Bull's Head (Meder 63), a brilliant, early Meder a impression, printing very strongly and sharply, with much ink relief, trimmed to or just inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline, in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 110 x 79 mm.
Provenance
Peter Lely (1618-1680), London (Lugt 2092), with his numbering Ag. 94. in brown ink at upper left recto.
Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London (Lugt 1375, without mark); his sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 12-14 May 1910, lot 242 ('Abdruck von grösster Schönheit auf Ochsenkopfpapier. Mit Rändchen.').
With Colnaghi & Co., London (their stocknumbers C. 20649 and C4460 in pencil verso);
With Arthur Harlow & Co., New York.
Alastair Bradley Martin (not in Lugt); Christie's, London, 7 December 2010, lot 12 (£ 16,875).
With Helmut Rumbler Kunsthandel, Frankfurt am Main.
Acquired from the above by present owners in 2012.
Literature
Bartsch 80; Meder, Hollstein 79; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 10
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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Applied technique: | Engraving |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Place of origin: | Germany |
Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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Applied technique: | Engraving |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Place of origin: | Germany |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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