Nov 12, 2020 - Sale 2550

Sale 2550 - Lot 37

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
ALBRECHT ALTDORFER
Christ Taking Leave of his Mother.

Woodcut, circa 1513. 73x50 mm; 3x2 inches, narrow to thread margins. Ex-collection Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, according to an inscription on the mat. A brilliant, early impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Bartsch 16; Winzinger 41.