The Adoration of the Magi, from: The Life of the Virgin (B. 87; M., Holl. 199; S.M.S. 177)
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Albrecht Dürer
The Adoration of the Magi, from: The Life of the Virgin (B. 87; M., Holl. 199; S.M.S. 177)
woodcut, circa 1503, watermark Flower with Triangle (M. 127), a good impression from the Latin text edition of 1511, with margins, some pale foxing and surface dirt, a 7 mm. backed tear in the lower margin, otherwise in very good condition; with The Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple (B. 81; M., Holl. 193; S.M.S. 171) from the same series, woodcut, circa 1503, watermark Flower with Triangle (M. 127), a very good, strong impression from the Latin text edition of 1511, with thread margins, trimmed to the borderline in places, a brown stain on the high priest's right shoulder, another at the top of the handrail, a short tear at the upper left sheet edge, another at the right sheet edge, remains of old hinges, backing paper, a small sketch of a head and several inscriptions verso, otherwise in good condition
B. 300 x 207 mm., S. 328 x 225 mm. (B. 87)
B., S. 298 x 210 mm. (B. 81) (2)
The Adoration of the Magi, from: The Life of the Virgin (B. 87; M., Holl. 199; S.M.S. 177)
woodcut, circa 1503, watermark Flower with Triangle (M. 127), a good impression from the Latin text edition of 1511, with margins, some pale foxing and surface dirt, a 7 mm. backed tear in the lower margin, otherwise in very good condition; with The Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple (B. 81; M., Holl. 193; S.M.S. 171) from the same series, woodcut, circa 1503, watermark Flower with Triangle (M. 127), a very good, strong impression from the Latin text edition of 1511, with thread margins, trimmed to the borderline in places, a brown stain on the high priest's right shoulder, another at the top of the handrail, a short tear at the upper left sheet edge, another at the right sheet edge, remains of old hinges, backing paper, a small sketch of a head and several inscriptions verso, otherwise in good condition
B. 300 x 207 mm., S. 328 x 225 mm. (B. 87)
B., S. 298 x 210 mm. (B. 81) (2)
Provenance
Possibly W. Young Ottley (cf. L. 2662 f.). (B. 81)
Special notice
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Murray Macauley
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