ALBRECHT DÜRER | THE BAGPIPER (B. 91; M., HOLL. 90)

Property from the Collection of the Late Walter L. Strauss
ALBRECHT DÜRER
1471 - 1528
THE BAGPIPER (B. 91; M., HOLL. 90)

Engraving, 1514, a good, clear impression, presumably Meder b; and a copy of the same subject, framed
sheet: 117 by 73mm 4⅝ by 2⅞in
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Condition Report:
Trimmed to the borderline and possibly fractionally within in places, a couple of tears at the left sheet edge and an associated reinforced area at lower left verso (not affecting the subject recto), the sheet toned with further small areas of uneven discoloration, framed.

Copy: With narrow margins, in good condition, framed.

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Provenance:
Copy: ex coll. Albert van Loock (L. 3751)