The Adoration of the Magi, from the Life of the Virgin
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Albrecht Drer
The Adoration of the Magi, from the Life of the Virgin
woodcut, circa 1503, from the set of twenty, a very good, clear Meder a impression, before the 1511 edition, watermark Bull's Head (M. 62), with thread margins or trimmed on or just within the borderline, a central horizonal crease, one or two repaired tears extending across the centre of the subject, with small additions in pen and ink, one or two further repaired tears at the lower edge, a small made-up strip at the right edge, pen and ink at the border, lesser defects
S. 297 x 210mm.
The Adoration of the Magi, from the Life of the Virgin
woodcut, circa 1503, from the set of twenty, a very good, clear Meder a impression, before the 1511 edition, watermark Bull's Head (M. 62), with thread margins or trimmed on or just within the borderline, a central horizonal crease, one or two repaired tears extending across the centre of the subject, with small additions in pen and ink, one or two further repaired tears at the lower edge, a small made-up strip at the right edge, pen and ink at the border, lesser defects
S. 297 x 210mm.
Literature
Bartsch 87; Meder, Hollstein 199