ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

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Lot 148 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

The Virgin and Child with the Butterfly

engraving, circa 1495, on laid paper, watermark Gothic P with Flower (Meder 321, circa 1500-1514), a very good Meder c impression, printing with much relief, some plate tone in the lower subject and inky plate edges, the parallel scratches in the sky still distinct, with narrow margins on all sides, some small stains on the Virgin's neck and temple, otherwise in very good condition

Plate 240 x 186 mm.

Sheet 245 x 191 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 44; Meder, Hollstein 42; Schoch, Mende, Scherbaum 2



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