Albrecht Dürer

(Nuremberg 1471-1528)
Five Soldiers and a Turc on Horseback, c. 1495/96, engraving, monogrammed AD, on laid paper, with watermark "Ox head" (Meder watermark 62, until 1519), 12,8 x 14,5 cm, trimmed within platemarks and along monogram at lower margin, Bartsch 88, Meder 81 b-c (of e), mounted, framed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Private collection, South Germany

Very splendid and evenly inked early impression of state Meder b-c (of d) with fine lines and with the watermark “ox head” sought-after for this state, which is documented until 1519. Repaired losses at upper right and left corner; and two repaired minor losses of paper at upper left and lower corner; browned and minutely stained, otherwise in good condition.