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Virgin on a crescent with a crown of stars and a scepter (B. 32; M., Holl. 37; S.M.S. 81)
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Albrecht Dürer
Virgin on a crescent with a crown of stars and a scepter (B. 32; M., Holl. 37; S.M.S. 81)
engraving, 1516, on laid paper, a very good, silvery impression, probably Meder a, trimmed just within the platemark, fractionally into the subject at right, laid down onto card, a 4 mm. tear at the left sheet edge, some ink stains, probably an inscription on the reverse showing through recto, framed
P., S. 116 x 73 mm.
Virgin on a crescent with a crown of stars and a scepter (B. 32; M., Holl. 37; S.M.S. 81)
engraving, 1516, on laid paper, a very good, silvery impression, probably Meder a, trimmed just within the platemark, fractionally into the subject at right, laid down onto card, a 4 mm. tear at the left sheet edge, some ink stains, probably an inscription on the reverse showing through recto, framed
P., S. 116 x 73 mm.
Provenance
Rev. J. Burleigh James (mid-19th century), Shropshire, England (L. 1425), according to a label on the frame.
Fountaine Walker (second half 19th century), Inverness, Scotland (L. 2545), according to a label on the frame.
With Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, according to a label on the frame.
Herbert C. Pell (1884-1961); New York, then by descent to the present owners.
Fountaine Walker (second half 19th century), Inverness, Scotland (L. 2545), according to a label on the frame.
With Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, according to a label on the frame.
Herbert C. Pell (1884-1961); New York, then by descent to the present owners.
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