Lot Essay
The composition of this print derives from Schongauer's little engraved roundel of Saint George and the Dragon, circa 1470-5 (Bartsch 51).
The little Courier
Details
Albrecht Drer
The little Courier
engraving, 1496, a fine Meder b impression, trimmed on or fractionally within the platemark, retaining a fillet of blank paper beyond the borderline, a small repaired loss and old diagonal crease in the blank upper left corner, a tiny rust spot and associated surface defect top centre, a few other very slight defects
S. 109 x 78mm.
The little Courier
engraving, 1496, a fine Meder b impression, trimmed on or fractionally within the platemark, retaining a fillet of blank paper beyond the borderline, a small repaired loss and old diagonal crease in the blank upper left corner, a tiny rust spot and associated surface defect top centre, a few other very slight defects
S. 109 x 78mm.
Literature
Bartsch 80; Meder, Hollstein 79