Apr 29, 2015 - Sale 2381

Sale 2381 - Lot 15

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
ALBRECHT DÜRER
Two woodcuts.

The Presentation in the Temple, circa 1505. 298x210 mm; 11 3/4x8 1/4 inches. A very good, dark impression after the 1511 Latin text edition. Hand with a 5-petal flower watermark (similar to Meder 14, which he dates from the late 1500s). Trimmed on the borderline * The Betrothal of the Virgin, woodcut, 1504-5. 297x212 mm; 11 3/4x8 3/8 inches. A good Meder c-d impression after the 1511 Latin text edition. Double-headed eagle watemark (Meder 222).

Property of The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, sold to benefit the acquisitions fund. Bartsch 88 and 82; Meder 200 and 194.