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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Lot 12 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION

ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

The ill-assorted Couple

Closed9 December 2021

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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
The ill-assorted Couple
engraving, circa 1495, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine, rich Meder I.b-c impression, printing very clearly, with much relief, a light plate tone and inky plate edges, with thread margins, laid down along the sheet edges to the Chatsworth album sheet
Plate 148 x 138 mm.
Sheet 150 x 139 mm.
Album sheet 263 x 302 mm.

The Dukes of Devonshire, Chatsworth; their sale Christie's, London, Old Master Prints from Chatsworth, 5 December 1985, lot 18 (£12,240; to Light).
With R.M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara, California; acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above on 15 May 1989; then by descent to the present owner.