Apr 27, 2010 - Sale 2212

Sale 2212 - Lot 25

Price Realized: $ 8,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
The Babylonian Whore.

Woodcut, 1498. 395x282 mm; 15 1/2x11 1/8 inches. A very good impression from the 1511 Latin text edition, with strong contrasts. Flower with a shovel watermark (Meder 127). From the Apocalypse. Trimmed on the borderline, with portions of the borderline preserved on all 4 sides. Bartsch 73; Meder 177.