May 03, 2007 - Sale 2112

Sale 2112 - Lot 5

Price Realized: $ 11,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
The Angel with the Key to the Bottomless Pit.

Woodcut, circa 1498. 393x282 mm; 15 1/2x11 1/2 inches. A very good, dark and evenly-printed impression from the 1511 Latin text edition, with strong contrasts. Triangle with a flower watermark (Meder 127, which he notes for impressions from the 1511 Latin text edition and dates from circa 1510-1515). Trimmed on the border line, with part of the border line preserved all around. Bartsch 75; Meder 178.