May 08, 2018 - Sale 2477

Sale 2477 - Lot 41

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
The Desperate Man.

Etching, circa 1515. 187x139 mm; 7 1/2x5 1/2 inches, thread margins. A very good Meder I b-c impression, before the rust marks, with strong contrasts particularly in the center of the composition and crisp, partially inky plate edges. Large city gate watermark (Meder 263, which he dates from around 1550). Ex-collection Georg Hamminger (Lugt 1159, verso).

A very scarce subject; we have found fewer than 20 impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Bartsch 70; Meder 95.