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ALBRECHT DÜRER The Cook and his Wife.
Engraving, circa 1496-97. 110x78 mm; 4 3/8x3 1/8 inches. A superb, dark and richly-inked Meder a impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Trimmed on the plate mark.
Provenance: Baron Charles Marochetti, Torino, with his initials in ink (Lugt 392, verso); G. Bewley, Cincinnati, with his initials in ink (Lugt 1137a, verso). Bartsch 84; Meder 85.
