Lot Essay
Bartsch 80; Meder, Hollstein 192
The Birth of the Virgin, from The Life of the Virgin
Details
Albrecht Drer
The Birth of the Virgin, from The Life of the Virgin
woodcut, circa 1504, from the set of twenty, a Meder h impression after the 1511 edition, watermark Escutcheon with Bend (M. 246), with small margins, a 15mm. repaired tear at the upper sheet edge, one or two other tiny repaired tears and lesser defects, two old central horizontal folds mainly visible on the reverse, otherwise generally in very good condition
L. 296 x 209mm., S. 304 x 216mm.
The Birth of the Virgin, from The Life of the Virgin
woodcut, circa 1504, from the set of twenty, a Meder h impression after the 1511 edition, watermark Escutcheon with Bend (M. 246), with small margins, a 15mm. repaired tear at the upper sheet edge, one or two other tiny repaired tears and lesser defects, two old central horizontal folds mainly visible on the reverse, otherwise generally in very good condition
L. 296 x 209mm., S. 304 x 216mm.