May 05, 2005 - Sale 2042

Sale 2042 - Lot 16

Price Realized: $ 10,350
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
The Death of the Virgin.

Woodcut, 1510. 292x208 mm; 111/2x81/8 inches, thread margins. A brilliant, early proof impression before the 1511 Latin text edition. Bull's head watermark (Meder 66, which he dates to circa 1510 and specifies for early proofs from the Life of the Virgin). Ex-collection unknown collector, initials K. K. ink stamp verso (not in Lugt). A brilliant, luminous impression with strong contrasts and all the finest lines printing clearly. Bartsch 93; Meder 205.