Nov 02, 2017 - Sale 2460

Sale 2460 - Lot 17

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
Christ Carrying the Cross.

Woodcut, circa 1497-1500. 390x285 mm; 15 3/8x11 1/4 inches. A superb, dark and richly-inked proof impression before the 1511 Latin text edition with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Large orb watermark (Meder 53, which he dates to the late 1400s/early 1500s). With thread margins or trimmed on the border line, with portions of the border line preserved all around. Bartsch 10; Meder 119.