Lot Essay
Bartsch 88; Meder, Hollstein 200
The Presentation in the Temple, from The Life of the Virgin
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Albrecht Drer
The Presentation in the Temple, from The Life of the Virgin
woodcut, circa 1505, from the set of twenty, a fine, rich and early impression before the 1511 edition, watermark Bull's Head (M. 62), trimmed on or fractionally inside the borderline, a central horizontal fold partly backed, the upper corners and the lower right corner tip made up, two skilfully repaired tears at the centre left edge extending approx. 35mm. into the subject, a small made-up strip at the centre right border, one or two other small repairs
S. 294 x 207mm.
The Presentation in the Temple, from The Life of the Virgin
woodcut, circa 1505, from the set of twenty, a fine, rich and early impression before the 1511 edition, watermark Bull's Head (M. 62), trimmed on or fractionally inside the borderline, a central horizontal fold partly backed, the upper corners and the lower right corner tip made up, two skilfully repaired tears at the centre left edge extending approx. 35mm. into the subject, a small made-up strip at the centre right border, one or two other small repairs
S. 294 x 207mm.