ID 793494
Lot 145 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
The Holy Family with Joachim and Anne under a Tree
woodcut, 1511, on laid paper, watermark Bull’s Head with JZ (Meder 70), a very fine, strong and clear Meder a impression, printing with considerable gaufrage, with narrow to thread margins or trimmed to the borderline in places, with flattened horizontal and vertical folds, otherwise in good condition
Block 234 x 158 mm.
Sheet 235 x 160 mm.
Provenance
Dr Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Fürth, Munich and Untergrainau, Germany, and Mount Vernon, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.
Literature
Bartsch 96; Meder, Hollstein 215; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 226
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: | 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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