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ALBRECHT DÜRER The Cook and his Wife.
Engraving, circa 1496-97. 110x78 mm; 4 3/8x3 1/8 inches, narrow margins. 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: J. F. Linck, Berlin, with his signature and annotation in ink verso (Lugt 1685).
