ID 793553
Lot 151 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 2 500 – 3 500
The Peasant and his Wife
engraving, circa 1497, on laid paper, with a partial Bull’s Head watermark (Meder 64), a very good Meder c impression, still printing with considerable ink relief, trimmed to or just inside the platemark, some skilfull repairs in places
Sheet 106 x 76 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 83; Meder, Hollstein 86; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 14
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 |
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