ID 793529
Lot 159 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Valeur estimée
£ 50 000 – 70 000
The Nativity (Christmas)
engraving, 1504, on laid paper, watermark Bull's Head (Meder 62), a very fine Meder b impression, printing with a very subtle plate tone and inky plate edges in places, trimmed to or just outside the platemark, with thread margins in places, in very good condition
Plate 187 x 121 mm.
Sheet 188 x 122 mm.
Provenance
Dr Wilhelm August Ackermann (1793-1865), Lübeck and Dresden (Lugt 791); his sale, R. Weigel, Leipzig, 29 March 1853, lot 107 ('köstlicher Druck und wohlerhalten') (Mk. 34; to Weber).
Hermann Weber (1817-1854), Cologne, Brussels & Bonn (see Lugt 1383, without his mark).
With Gilhofer & Ranschburg, Lucerne.
Carl Hirschler (1871-1941) & Rose Hirschler (née Dreyfus), Amsterdam & Haarlem (Lugt 633a); then by descent.
With C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf (Neue Lagerliste 132 (2013), no. 5).
Acquired from the above by the present owners in 2013.
Literature
Bartsch 2; Meder, Hollstein 2; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 40
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans, Prentkunst van Martin Schongauer, Albrecht Dürer, Israhel van Meckenem - Uit eene particuliere verzameling, 1955, no. 42.
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.
| Artiste: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Technique appliquée: | Gravure |
| Style artistique: | Vieux Maître |
| Lieu d'origine: | Allemagne |
| Artiste: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Technique appliquée: | Gravure |
| Style artistique: | Vieux Maître |
| Lieu d'origine: | Allemagne |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |
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