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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Apollo and Diana
Details
ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Apollo and Diana
engraving
circa 1502
on laid paper, watermark fragment Bull's Head (Meder 63)
a fine, lively Meder b impression
with the fine diagonal line across Diana's chest
printing with great clarity and depth, with luminous contrasts and a subtle plate tone
trimmed to inside the platemark
a few minute repairs
generally in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 115 x 72 mm.
Apollo and Diana
engraving
circa 1502
on laid paper, watermark fragment Bull's Head (Meder 63)
a fine, lively Meder b impression
with the fine diagonal line across Diana's chest
printing with great clarity and depth, with luminous contrasts and a subtle plate tone
trimmed to inside the platemark
a few minute repairs
generally in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 115 x 72 mm.
Provenance
André-Jean Hachette (1873-1952), Paris (Lugt 132); his posthumous sale, Hôtel Drouot (exp. Rousseau), Paris, 11 June 1953, lot 9.
Norbert G. Handwerk (b. 1909), Munich and Switzerland (Lugt 4275); his sale, Engravings, Etchings and Drypoints by Albrecht Dürer from a Private Swiss Collection (Collection N.G.H.), Christie’s, New York, 19 November 1986, lot 499.
With Pace Editions, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Norbert G. Handwerk (b. 1909), Munich and Switzerland (Lugt 4275); his sale, Engravings, Etchings and Drypoints by Albrecht Dürer from a Private Swiss Collection (Collection N.G.H.), Christie’s, New York, 19 November 1986, lot 499.
With Pace Editions, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Bartsch 68; Meder, Hollstein 64; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 38
Brought to you by
Stefano Franceschi
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