詳情
ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
The Abduction of Proserpine
etching, 1516, on thin laid paper, watermark Cross in Heart (Meder 156), a strong Meder c impression, with various rustmarks in the plate, printed around 1564, trimmed outside the borderline on three sides and just fractionally into the subject above, the sheet corners very skilfully made up, a few other small, unobtrusive repairs
Sheet 304 x 210 mm.

Provenance:
Probably Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich (Lugt 2673; stamp indistinct)

References:
Bartsch, Hollstein 72
Meder 67
Schoch, Mende, Scherbaum 83

Please note this lot is the property of a private collector.
  • 業務規定
  • 常見問題
  • 拍品賣家為： Christie's eCommerce SA
榮譽呈獻

拍品專文



The traditional English title of this print, The Abduction of Proserpine, may not in fact describe the true subject of this print. According to the classical texts, Proserpine was abducted to the underworld on a horse carriage, and there is no reason to assume that the curly-headed nude man on the unicorn is indeed Pluto. The more descriptive German title, The Abduction on the Unicorn, may hence be preferable, although it offers little interpretation of this violent scene. The naked abductor is reminiscent of the so-called wild men, hirsute creatures of nature, which in European folklore were personifications of Death, but also of unbridled lust.

相關文章

Sorry, we are unable to display this content. Please check your connection.
更多來自
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: ">死亡與慾望—珍卡羅．貝塔米珍藏</span>
查看全部
參與競投 狀況報告 

佳士得專家或會聯絡閣下，以商討此拍品，又或於拍品狀況於拍賣前有所改變時知會閣下。

本人確認已閱讀有關狀況報告的重要通知 並同意其條款。 查閱狀況報告