ALBRECHT DÜRER | THE SUDARIUM HELD BY ONE ANGEL (B. 26; M., HOLL. 27)

Property from the Collection of the Late Walter L. Strauss
ALBRECHT DÜRER
1471 - 1528
THE SUDARIUM HELD BY ONE ANGEL (B. 26; M., HOLL. 27)

Etching, 1516, a good Meder Ib-c impression, though printing slightly unevenly at lower right, on paper with part of a Bishop’s Crest watermark (M. 39), unframed
sheet: 183 by 131mm 7¼ by 5⅛in

Condition Report:
Trimmed to the borderline, in good condition, occasional scattered fox marks (mainly visible verso), remains of previous hinging at upper centre verso, unframed.

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Provenance:
A duplicate from the National Museum, Stockholm (L. 1935)