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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
The Virgin and Child with a Monkey
Details
ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
The Virgin and Child with a Monkey
engraving
circa 1498
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine Meder a/b impression
printing sharply, with great clarity and depth
trimmed on or just outside the platemark on three sides, trimmed into the subject above, the upper edge skillfully restored
some other small defects and repairs
Sheet 191 x 123 mm.
The Virgin and Child with a Monkey
engraving
circa 1498
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine Meder a/b impression
printing sharply, with great clarity and depth
trimmed on or just outside the platemark on three sides, trimmed into the subject above, the upper edge skillfully restored
some other small defects and repairs
Sheet 191 x 123 mm.
Provenance
Pierre Mariette II (1634-1716), Paris (Lugt 1789), dated 1667.
Joseph Maberly (1783-1860), London and Cuckfield, Sussex (Lugt 1845, recto); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 May 1851 (and following days), lot 211 ('Most superb impression, and extremely rare') (£18; to Bale).
Presumably Charles Sackville Bale (1791-1880), London (see Lugt 640, without mark).
Julian Marshall (1836-1903), London (Lugt 1494); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 30 June 1864 (and following days), lot 476 ('inscribed with the name of Mariette, very rare; from the Maberly Collection') (£10.5).
Ernst Theodor Rodenacker (circa 1840- after 1894), Danzig/ Gdansk (Lugt 2438).
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stocknumber C12808 in pencil verso); presumably acquired directly from the above.
Clarence Buckingham (d. 1913), Chicago (see Lugt 497; without mark; according to Sotheby's catalogue).
Sotheby's, London, December 2002, lot 7.
Private English collection; acquired at the above sale.
Joseph Maberly (1783-1860), London and Cuckfield, Sussex (Lugt 1845, recto); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 May 1851 (and following days), lot 211 ('Most superb impression, and extremely rare') (£18; to Bale).
Presumably Charles Sackville Bale (1791-1880), London (see Lugt 640, without mark).
Julian Marshall (1836-1903), London (Lugt 1494); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 30 June 1864 (and following days), lot 476 ('inscribed with the name of Mariette, very rare; from the Maberly Collection') (£10.5).
Ernst Theodor Rodenacker (circa 1840- after 1894), Danzig/ Gdansk (Lugt 2438).
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stocknumber C12808 in pencil verso); presumably acquired directly from the above.
Clarence Buckingham (d. 1913), Chicago (see Lugt 497; without mark; according to Sotheby's catalogue).
Sotheby's, London, December 2002, lot 7.
Private English collection; acquired at the above sale.
Literature
Bartsch 42; Meder, Hollstein 30; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 20
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Stefano Franceschi
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