Albrecht Dürer

(Nuremberg 1471-1528)
Saint Sebastian Bound to the Tree, um 1501, engraving on fine laid paper, monogrammed AD in the plate, 11,7 x 7,1 cm, trimmed along platemarks, Bartsch 55, Meder 62 e (of e), mounted, framed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin, Lugt 1606;
Acquittance stamp K. K. C., Kupferstichkabinett Berlin;
Collection Baron Hans Albrecht von Derschau (died in 1824), Nuremberg, Lugt 2510;
Anonymous stamp Stempel WHIII (not in Lugt);
Private collection, South Germany

Excellent, somewhat grey impression with distinct lines in all parts of state Meder 62 e (of e), with the scratches in the background. The paper somewhat darkened and minutely stained, otherwise in a beautiful condition