Nov 02, 2023 - Sale 2651

Sale 2651 - Lot 6

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
The Cook and his Wife.

Engraving, circa 1496-97. 110x78 mm; 4 3/8x3 1/8 inches. A superb, dark and richly-inked Meder a impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Trimmed on the plate mark.

Provenance: Baron Charles Marochetti, Torino, with his initials in ink (Lugt 392, verso); and G. Bewley, Cincinnati, with his initials in ink (Lugt 1137a, verso). Bartsch 84; Meder 85.