ALBRECHT DÜRER | THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH THE MONKEY (B. 42; M, HOLL. 30)

Property from a Private Collection
ALBRECHT DÜRER
1471 - 1528
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH THE MONKEY (B. 42; M, HOLL. 30)

Engraving, circa 1498, a superb, black Meder a-b impression, printing with great depth, volume and contrasts, on paper with a partial watermark (probably High Crown), unframed
sheet: 190 by 123mm 7½ by 4⅞in

Condition Report:
With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark, in good condition, touches of pen and ink in the borderline, a small spot of thinning above the Virgin's head, unframed.

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