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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
The Prodigal Son
Details
ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
The Prodigal Son
engraving
circa 1496
on laid paper, without watermark
a brilliant, early Meder a impression
printing very sharply and richly
with intense contrasts, much depth and a subtle plate tone
trimmed to or just outside the platemark, with thread margins in places
a few tiny repairs at the sheet edges
generally in very good condition
Plate 247 x 189 mm.
Sheet 248 x 190 mm.
The Prodigal Son
engraving
circa 1496
on laid paper, without watermark
a brilliant, early Meder a impression
printing very sharply and richly
with intense contrasts, much depth and a subtle plate tone
trimmed to or just outside the platemark, with thread margins in places
a few tiny repairs at the sheet edges
generally in very good condition
Plate 247 x 189 mm.
Sheet 248 x 190 mm.
Provenance
Albertina, Vienna (see Lugt 5d; with their duplicate stamp, this variant not in Lugt); their sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 3 May 1932, lot 6 (‘Brillanter Frühdruck, noch mit den Vertikalen über den Schweinen am rechten Rande und mit grätigem Plattenrand. Von seltener Frische und Erhaltung‘) (Rm. 3000).
With Pace Editions, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
With Pace Editions, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Bartsch, Meder, Hollstein 28; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 9
G. Bartrum, Albrecht Dürer and his Legacy, London, 2002-3, no.42 (another impression illustrated), p. 111.
G. Bartrum, Albrecht Dürer and his Legacy, London, 2002-3, no.42 (another impression illustrated), p. 111.
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Stefano Franceschi
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