Lot Essay
Bartsch 81; Meder, Hollstein 193
The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, from The Life of the Virgin
Details
Albrecht Drer
The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, from The Life of the Virgin
woodcut, circa 1504, from the set of twenty, a good Meder a impression, before the 1511 edition, watermark narrow High Crown (M. 28), trimmed on or fractionally within the borderline, the lower left corner made up, vertical cuts and other incisions along the left edge (partly touched), one or two tiny repaired tears at the lower sheet edge, a few touches of pen and ink, traces of surface dirt
S. 295 x 209mm.
The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, from The Life of the Virgin
woodcut, circa 1504, from the set of twenty, a good Meder a impression, before the 1511 edition, watermark narrow High Crown (M. 28), trimmed on or fractionally within the borderline, the lower left corner made up, vertical cuts and other incisions along the left edge (partly touched), one or two tiny repaired tears at the lower sheet edge, a few touches of pen and ink, traces of surface dirt
S. 295 x 209mm.
Provenance
An indistinct collector's inscription in pen and brown ink, verso