ID 887672
Lot 22 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
$ 18 000 – 25 000
The Seamonster
engraving, circa 1498, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good impression, probably Meder c-d, printing clearly, with good contrasts and definition, trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline, the sheet toned and with some foxmarks
Sheet 252 x 190 mm.
Provenance
Charles Scarisbrick (1801-1860), Scarisbrick Hall, Lancashire (Lugt 522); his posthumous sale, Christie's, London, 13 May 1861, lot 259 (sold with others).
André-Jean Hachette (1873-1952), Paris (Lugt 132); probably his sale, Rousseau, Paris, 11 June 1953.
Christie's, London, 2 July 1992, lot 60.
Acquired at the above sale from the present owner.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 72; Meder 67; Schoch, Mende, Scherbaum 21
| Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Allegory, Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany |
| Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Allegory, Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany |
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