Nov 07, 2002 - Sale 1950

Sale 1950 - Lot 36

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
Virgin with the Swaddled Child.

Engraving, 1520. 142x95 mm; 5 3/4x3 3/4 inches. A superb, dark and richly-inked Meder c impression. Small shield with an eagle watermark (similar to Meder 237, which he dates to circa 1575). Ex-collection Kupferstichkabinetts Dresden (Lugt 1616 and 1618, verso) and unknown collector, indiscernable armorial ink stamp lower left recto. With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. Bartsch 38; Meder 40.