Nov 01, 2018 - Sale 2491

Sale 2491 - Lot 33

Price Realized: $ 6,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
Erasmus of Rotterdam.

Engraving, 1526. 251x193 mm; 10x7 1/2 inches, thread margins. A very good, dark Meder g-h impression with strong contrasts.

The tablet to Erasmus' left identifies him (upper 3 lines), with the date and artist's monogram (lower 2 lines). The Greek inscription in between reads: "His writings present a better picture of the man than this portrait." Bartsch 107; Meder 105.