Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) The Circumcision. (Pl. from The Life of the Virgin). Circa 1505. Woodcut. 209 x 295 [220 x 305]. Bartsch 86; Meder 198 (I b/b). Very fine and fresh proof on watermarked ivory laid paper (haute couronne, Meder 20), from the print run before the Latin text on the verso, with the small accident in the wood in the upper right-hand corner. Imperceptible restoration at the bottom of the swaddled child, another at the right edge. Small margins. Ex-coll. H. Grosjean-Maupin (unmarked, no. 123 of his sale after death, Me Étienne Ader, March 26-27, 1958, no. 123) and M. Lecomte (Lugt 5684).
Estimate
€4,000 - €5,000
Result
€8,840
Buyer's premium
30%
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)
The Circumcision. (Pl. from The Life of the Virgin). Circa 1505. Woodcut. 209 x 295 [220 x 305]. Bartsch 86; Meder 198 (I b/b). Very fine and fresh proof on watermarked ivory laid paper (haute couronne, Meder 20), from the print run before the Latin text on the verso, with the small accident in the wood in the upper right-hand corner. Imperceptible restoration at the bottom of the swaddled child, another at the right edge. Small margins. Ex-coll. H. Grosjean-Maupin (unmarked, no. 123 of his sale after death, Me Étienne Ader, March 26-27, 1958, no. 123) and M. Lecomte (Lugt 5684).
Sale
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