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Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER The Small Horse.
Engraving, 1505. 165x109 mm; 6 3/8x4 1/4 inches. A brilliant, richly-inked and very dark Meder a impression, with strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject and extremely scare in this quality. Bull's head watermark (Meder 62, which he dates from the mid- to late- 1400s). Ex-collection Sir Peter Lely (Lugt 2092, lower right recto); and the Spencer collection. With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. Bartsch 96; Meder 93.
