May 08, 2018 - Sale 2477

Sale 2477 - Lot 24

Price Realized: $ 2,340
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
ALBRECHT DÜRER
The Betrothal of the Virgin.

Woodcut, 1504-05. 297x212 mm; 11 3/4x8 3/8 inches. A very good, dark, richly-inked proof impression before the 1511 Latin text edition. High crown watermark (Meder 20, which he dates from around 1480-1525 and notes for proof impressions of this subject). Trimmed on or just inside the border line. Bartsch 82; Meder 194.