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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Lot 35

ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

The Sudarium held by one Angel

Closed29 January 2019

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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
The Sudarium held by one Angel
etching, 1516, on laid paper, with a tiny watermark fragment, a very fine, early Meder Ia impression, before the rust marks and without any wear, printing with selectively wiped plate tone and long vertical wiping marks, with inky plate edges and a few spots of printer's ink outside the platemark, with small margins, in very good condition
Plate 187 x 135 mm., Sheet 195 x 143 mm.

Max Egon, Fürst zu Fürstenberg, Donaueschingen (1863-1941) (Lugt 2811); his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 8-9 November 1932, lot 278 (ill. p. XI), described as Herrlicher frischer Abdruck voll Ton, vor den Rostflecken, mit 1/2 cm breitem Rand.
Albert W. Blum (1882-1952), Switzerland & Short Hills, New Jersey (Lugt 79b).

Specialist note

Although softer and warmer in character, this superb and very atmospheric impression is comparable in quality with the Cracherode impression in the British Museum. The plate tone is equally rich, although differently wiped. It shows the same light vertical polishing scratches, most noticeable on the cloud above the monograph at right. The British Museum also holds Dürer's preparatory drawing for this print in pen and brown ink.