May 02, 2017 - Sale 2445

Sale 2445 - Lot 37

Unsold
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
The Virgin and Child Crowned by One Angel.

Engraving, 1520. 139x99 mm; 5 3/8x3 7/8 inches, thread margins. A superb, richly-inked, early Meder I a impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Ex-collection Pierre Mariette, dated 1674 in ink (Lugt 1788, verso); Karl Eduard von Liphart (Lugt 1687, verso); Theodore Irwin, Oswego, New York, pencil insciption verso (not in Lugt); and Junius Spencer Morgan (Lugt 1536, verso). Bartsch 37; Meder 41.