Nov 02, 2021 - Sale 2585

Sale 2585 - Lot 20

Unsold
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
The Circumcision.

Woodcut, circa 1505. 296x211 mm; 11 3/4x8 3/4 inches, thread margins. A brilliant, richly-inked Meder a proof impression before the 1511 Latin text edition, with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, the f-shaped defect in the shading at top right still faint. High Crown watermark (Meder 20, which he dates from 1480 to 1525 and notes for the earliest lifetime impressions). Bartsch 86; Meder 198.