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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
The Nativity, from: The Life of the Virgin
woodcut, circa 1502-03, on laid paper, with an unidentified Shield watermark, a good impression after the Text Edition of 1511, probably Meder f, with the gaps in the borderlines very skilfully made up with pen and ink
Block 299 x 209 mm.
Sheet 351 x 252 mm.
Provenance
Fürsten zu Oettingen-Wallerstein (Lugt 2715a; this impression cited), probably acquired by Kraft Ernst von Oettingen-Wallerstein (1748-1802), Maihingen, Bavaria; then by descent; their sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 28 May 1935, lot 99 (estimate Rm. 100; 'Vorzüglich, auf Papier mit einem Schild mit schrägem Balken. Mit über einem Zentimeter breitem Rand.')
Literature
Bartsch 85; Meder, Hollstein 197; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 175
Special notice
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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