ALBRECHT DÜRER The Virgin Surrounded by Many Angels.
Woodcut, 1518. 302x216 mm; 12x8 1/2 inches, thread margins. A superb, dark and richly-inked Meder II b impression, with strong contrasts and with the rvertical break in the block through left wing of the child-like angel seated with the flower vase lower center, otherwise with little to no sign of wear. Double-headed eagle watermark (Meder 227, which he dates to around 1580-90). Bartsch 101; Meder 211.
