The Holy Family with a Butterfly
Details
Albrecht Drer
The Holy Family with a Butterfly
engraving, 1495, a very good Meder d impression, with vertical wiping scratches in the sky and near the monogram, the lines on the Virgin's right cheek still clear and distinct, watermark Gothic P (M. 321), with thread margins or trimmed on the platemark, two central horizontal folds below centre visible on the reverse, some small skilful repairs mainly at the corners and sheet edges, other minor defects
S. 238 x 188mm.
The Holy Family with a Butterfly
engraving, 1495, a very good Meder d impression, with vertical wiping scratches in the sky and near the monogram, the lines on the Virgin's right cheek still clear and distinct, watermark Gothic P (M. 321), with thread margins or trimmed on the platemark, two central horizontal folds below centre visible on the reverse, some small skilful repairs mainly at the corners and sheet edges, other minor defects
S. 238 x 188mm.
Literature
Bartsch 44; Meder, Hollstein 42