Lot Essay
Bartsch 91; Meder, Hollstein 203
Christ among the Doctors, from The Life of the Virgin
Details
Albrecht Drer
Christ among the Doctors, from The Life of the Virgin
woodcut, circa 1503, from the set of twenty, a fine early impression before the 1511 edition, watermark Bull's Head (M. 62), trimmed on the borderline on three sides, cut 4mm. inside the bottom borderline, two skilfully repaired tears at the left edge, touches of white on the architecture at the top and a few further touches of pen and ink on the column at the left, an old central horizontal fold, otherwise generally in good condition
S. 290 x 206mm.
Christ among the Doctors, from The Life of the Virgin
woodcut, circa 1503, from the set of twenty, a fine early impression before the 1511 edition, watermark Bull's Head (M. 62), trimmed on the borderline on three sides, cut 4mm. inside the bottom borderline, two skilfully repaired tears at the left edge, touches of white on the architecture at the top and a few further touches of pen and ink on the column at the left, an old central horizontal fold, otherwise generally in good condition
S. 290 x 206mm.
Provenance
Unidentified collector's stamp (L. 796)