ALBRECHT DÜRER | THE HOLY FAMILY WITH THE BUTTERFLY (B. 44; M., HOLL. 42)

ALBRECHT DÜRER
1471 - 1528
THE HOLY FAMILY WITH THE BUTTERFLY (B. 44; M., HOLL. 42)

Engraving, circa 1495, a good Meder k impression, on paper with a Bunch of Grapes with AP watermark (M. 130), unframed
sheet: 240 by 185mm 8⅜ by 7¼in

Condition Report:
Trimmed to and along the plate mark, in good condition, with a couple of inconspicuous thinned areas in the sky, two tiny abraded spots in the upper corners, the verso with several small pale stains, particularly towards the right and left sheet edges, unframed.

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Provenance:
Ex coll. William Bell Scott (L. 2607)