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The Virgin and Child appearing to Saint John, title page for: The Apocalypse
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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
The Virgin and Child appearing to Saint John, title page for: The Apocalypse
woodcut, 1511, on laid paper, watermark Tower with Crown (M. 259), a very good impression from the Latin text edition of 1511, trimmed outside the image and the text verso, a small repaired paper loss at the lower left sheet corner, otherwise in good condition
Sheet 363 x 228 mm.
The Virgin and Child appearing to Saint John, title page for: The Apocalypse
woodcut, 1511, on laid paper, watermark Tower with Crown (M. 259), a very good impression from the Latin text edition of 1511, trimmed outside the image and the text verso, a small repaired paper loss at the lower left sheet corner, otherwise in good condition
Sheet 363 x 228 mm.
Provenance
With Colnaghi & Co., London (their stock number C 14256 in pencil verso)
Literature
Bartsch 60; Meder, Hollstein 163; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 111
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