ALBRECHT DÜRER | VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH THE PEAR (B. 41; M., HOLL. 33)

ALBRECHT DÜRER
1471 - 1528
VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH THE PEAR (B. 41; M., HOLL. 33)

Engraving, 1511, a very good Meder b impression, with the scratch on the Child's forehead, unframed
sheet: 157 by 106mm 6¼ by 4¼in

Condition Report:
Trimmed to the borderline, just within the subject at upper edge, in good condition, occasional touches of pen and ink along the right borderline and at the lower tips of sheet, a fine diagonal abrasion at the upper left corner (measuring approx. 2cm), a couple of minute splits along the upper and right sheet edge, an additional miniscule split associated with a short softened crease on the lowermost fold of the Virgin's robes, unframed.

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