Nov 03, 2016 - Sale 2429

Sale 2429 - Lot 37

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
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 the sitter (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.