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The Lamentation, from The Large Passion
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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
The Lamentation, from The Large Passion
woodcut, circa 1498-99, on laid paper, watermark Augsburg Chalice with Small Coat of Arms (M. 181), a good Meder b impression, after the text edition of 1511, with margins, a small repair in Christ's face touched in with pen and ink, the gaps in the borderline filled in, with further touches of pen and ink in places, scattered foxing
Block 392 x 282 mm., Sheet 414 x 293 mm.
The Lamentation, from The Large Passion
woodcut, circa 1498-99, on laid paper, watermark Augsburg Chalice with Small Coat of Arms (M. 181), a good Meder b impression, after the text edition of 1511, with margins, a small repair in Christ's face touched in with pen and ink, the gaps in the borderline filled in, with further touches of pen and ink in places, scattered foxing
Block 392 x 282 mm., Sheet 414 x 293 mm.
Provenance
Johann Karl Brönner (1738-1812), Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 307); bequeathed to the below.
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, with their de-accession stamp (Lugt 2396); their sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 5 October 1874, probably lot 269 (with nine others from the same series).
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, with their de-accession stamp (Lugt 2396); their sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 5 October 1874, probably lot 269 (with nine others from the same series).
Literature
Bartsch 13; Meder, Hollstein 122; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 162
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