Nov 02, 2017 - Sale 2460

Sale 2460 - Lot 21

Price Realized: $ 6,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
Christ among the Doctors.

Woodcut, circa 1503. 296x209 mm; 11 3/4x8 1/8 inches, thread margins. A brilliant, early, proof impression, before the 1511 Latin text edition, with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. High crown watermark (Meder 20, which he dates from 1480 to 1525). Ex-collection Peter Gellatly (Lugt 1185, verso); Siegfried Barden (Lugt 218, verso); and Colnaghi & Co., London, with their stock number in pencil, verso. Bartsch 91; Meder 203.