Lot Essay
Bartsch 86; Meder, Hollstein 198
The Circumcision, from The Life of the Virgin
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Albrecht Drer
The Circumcision, from The Life of the Virgin
woodcut, circa 1505, from the set of twenty, a fair Meder e impression after the 1511 edition, watermark Fish Bladder (M. 309), with small margins, a horizontal crease near the top mainly visible verso and with minor surface defects recto, a repaired tear at the lower edge extending into the right leg of the stool, further smaller repaired tears at the edges, touches of pen and ink
L. 294 x 210mm., S. 298 x 214mm.
The Circumcision, from The Life of the Virgin
woodcut, circa 1505, from the set of twenty, a fair Meder e impression after the 1511 edition, watermark Fish Bladder (M. 309), with small margins, a horizontal crease near the top mainly visible verso and with minor surface defects recto, a repaired tear at the lower edge extending into the right leg of the stool, further smaller repaired tears at the edges, touches of pen and ink
L. 294 x 210mm., S. 298 x 214mm.