Apr 29, 2015 - Sale 2381

Sale 2381 - Lot 26

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
ALBRECHT DÜRER
Vrigin on the Crescent with a Starry Crown.

Engraving, 1508. 115x73 mm; 4 1/2x2 5/8 inches. A good Meder b-c impression of this extremely scarce subject, with the vertical scratches to the right of the monogram and date. Trimmed on the plate mark.

We have found only 15 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years.

Property of The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, sold to benefit the acquisitions fund. Bartsch 31; Meder 32.