ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

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£ 10 000
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05.07.2022 12:00UTC +01:00
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ID 793530
Lot 165 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

The Desperate Man

etching, circa 1515, on laid paper, watermark Bishop’s Crest (similar to Meder 39), a very good Meder I b impression, before the rust marks in the plate, printing strongly and clearly, beginning to show some wear in places, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, in very good condition

Sheet 186 x 135 mm.





Provenance

Bernhard Hausmann (1784-1874), Hannover (Lugt 377); his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 27-28 April 1931, Lot 56 ('Sehr reiner, rostfreier Abdruck, wie er selten vorkommt, hat Einfassungsstriche, vollkommen erhalten. Das Papier hat das Wasserzeichen Nr. 43. welches in seiner krausen Zeichnung nicht leicht zu erkennen ist').



Literature

Bartsch 70; Meder, Hollstein 95; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 79



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