ALBRECHT DÜRER The Nativity.
ALBRECHT DÜRER
The Nativity.
Woodcut, circa 1503. 297x212 mm; 11¾x8½ inches, thread margins. A brilliant, early Meder a proof impression before the 1511 Latin text edition with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Bull's Head watermark (Meder 62, which he dates from the late 1400s and cites for proof before text impressions of this subject). Bartsch 85; Meder 199.
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ALBRECHT DÜRER
The Nativity.
Woodcut, circa 1503. 297x212 mm; 11¾x8½ inches, thread margins. A brilliant, early Meder a proof impression before the 1511 Latin text edition with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Bull's Head watermark (Meder 62, which he dates from the late 1400s and cites for proof before text impressions of this subject). Bartsch 85; Meder 199.
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