The Knight on Horseback and the Lansquenet (B. 131; M., Holl. 265)
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Albrecht Dürer
The Knight on Horseback and the Lansquenet (B. 131; M., Holl. 265)
woodcut, circa 1496, a fairly early Meder II impression, the crack to the hoof still very fine, and before the crack to the waterline to the right of the tree, with an indistinct watermark, trimmed on or just inside the borderline, three backed losses, two at the lower sheet edge affecting the subject, with pen and ink additions, one with an associated tear, a large repaired tear from the right edge extending into the horse, other defects, backed
L. 388 x 277mm.
The Knight on Horseback and the Lansquenet (B. 131; M., Holl. 265)
woodcut, circa 1496, a fairly early Meder II impression, the crack to the hoof still very fine, and before the crack to the waterline to the right of the tree, with an indistinct watermark, trimmed on or just inside the borderline, three backed losses, two at the lower sheet edge affecting the subject, with pen and ink additions, one with an associated tear, a large repaired tear from the right edge extending into the horse, other defects, backed
L. 388 x 277mm.