Nov 05, 2009 - Sale 2193

Sale 2193 - Lot 20

Price Realized: $ 9,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
Samson Fighting with the Lion.

Woodcut, circa 1496-97. 378x276 mm; 15x11 inches. A superb, dark and evenly-printed Meder c impression, showing little or no signs of wear. Vase with a Cross watermark (Meder 148, which he dates from 1577 to 1595). Ex-collection Eugène Bouvy (Lugt supplement 8286, verso). Trimmed on the outer edge of the black border line. Bartsch 2; Meder 107.