May 21, 2020 - Sale 2537

Sale 2537 - Lot 129

Price Realized: $ 9,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
Virgin and Child Seated by the Wall.

Engraving, 1514. 149x100 mm; 5 7/8x4 inches. First state (of 2). A superb, dark and richly-inked Meder I a impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, with all the fine lines in the wall distinct and before the scratches and inconsistencies in the plate. Partial bull's head watermark (Meder 62, which he dates from the early 1500s). With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. Bartsch 40; Meder 36.