Apr 29, 2015 - Sale 2381

Sale 2381 - Lot 11

Price Realized: $ 50,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 40,000 - $ 60,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
St. Eustace.

Engraving, circa 1501. 356x262 mm; 14x10 1/4 inches. A superb, richly-inked and dark Meder d-e impression with strong contrasts and with the two diagonal scratches across the flank of the the standing dog nearest the horse. Bishop's crest watermark (Meder 39, which he dates from around 1540 to 1550). With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark.

Property of The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, sold to benefit the acquisitions fund. Bartsch 57; Meder 60.