ALBRECHT DÜRER | CHRIST ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES (B., M., HOLL. 19)

Property from a Private Collection
ALBRECHT DÜRER
1471 - 1528
CHRIST ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES (B., M., HOLL. 19)

Etching, 1515, a very fine, early impression, the rust marks just beginning to show around the borderline but not in the clouds, unframed
plate: 225 by 159mm 8⅞ by 6¼in
sheet: 230 by 165mm 9 by 6½in

Condition Report:
With narrow margins, in good condition, the extreme lower right corner repaired, a very small thinned area at lower right, a couple of unobtrusive pale brown stains, unframed.

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Provenance:
D.U. (L.796), unidentified by Lugt, is a stamp of Arkady Alferoff (L. 1727); sale Munich, Montmorillon (Joseph Maillinger), 10 May, 1869, lot 146 (‘Superbe épreuve du premier état, avant les taches de rouille, chargée de barbes.’)