ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Lot 165

ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

The Desperate Man

Closed5 July 2022

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GBP 10,000–15,000

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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
The Desperate Man
etching, circa 1515, on laid paper, watermark Bishop’s Crest (similar to Meder 39), a very good Meder I b impression, before the rust marks in the plate, printing strongly and clearly, beginning to show some wear in places, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, in very good condition
Sheet 186 x 135 mm.

Bernhard Hausmann (1784-1874), Hannover (Lugt 377); his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 27-28 April 1931, Lot 56 ('Sehr reiner, rostfreier Abdruck, wie er selten vorkommt, hat Einfassungsstriche, vollkommen erhalten. Das Papier hat das Wasserzeichen Nr. 43. welches in seiner krausen Zeichnung nicht leicht zu erkennen ist').

Specialist note

It seems that Boerner in 1931 wrongly described the watermark as a Mitre (Meder 43), when it is in fact a Bishop's Crest (Meder 39).