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ALBRECHT DÜRER Coat of Arms with a Lion and a Cock.
Engraving, circa 1503. 185x120 mm; 7 1/4x4 3/4 inches. A superb, dark, richly-inked Meder a impression with strong contrasts and no sign of wear. High crown watermark (Meder 20, which he dates from 1480 to 1525). With thread margins outside of the narrow border line.
Dürer's first engraved coat-of-arms; he made one other in addition to several woodcuts like this (see lot 37). This arms was likely not intended for a specific family, but rather a creation of pure family by Dürer. Bartsch 100; Meder 97.
