Albrecht Dürer
(Nuremberg1471-1528)
The Whore of Babylon, c. 1496/97, from the series "The Apocalypse”, woodcut on laid paper, monogrammed AD, 39 x 28 cm, trimmed within framing lines, original German edition of 1498, with the complete text on the reverse, Bartsch 73, Meder 177, mounted, framed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Private collection, Germany.
A very splendid, vigorous impression with rich contrasts of the original German 1498 edition. Minor repaired tears at margins and a repaired tear from the middle of the left margin to the angel. A loss with minor retouchings in the coat of the figure in the left foreground seen from the back. Besides the mentioned flaws in a good condition. Very rare in the original German edition of 1498.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
27.03.2018 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 13,750.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 6,000.- to EUR 8,000.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 0.-
Albrecht Dürer
(Nuremberg1471-1528)
The Whore of Babylon, c. 1496/97, from the series "The Apocalypse”, woodcut on laid paper, monogrammed AD, 39 x 28 cm, trimmed within framing lines, original German edition of 1498, with the complete text on the reverse, Bartsch 73, Meder 177, mounted, framed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Private collection, Germany.
A very splendid, vigorous impression with rich contrasts of the original German 1498 edition. Minor repaired tears at margins and a repaired tear from the middle of the left margin to the angel. A loss with minor retouchings in the coat of the figure in the left foreground seen from the back. Besides the mentioned flaws in a good condition. Very rare in the original German edition of 1498.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 27.03.2018 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 17.03. - 27.03.2018 |
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