Albrecht Dürer

(Nuremberg 1471-1528)
The Virgin with a Pear, 1511, engraving, monogrammed AD, on fine laid paper with watermark "Big town gate with a pointed roof, the letter M in the pedestal" (Meder watermark 261, c. 1577-1590), 15,8 x 10,8 cm, trimmed along platemarks, Bartsch 41, Meder 33 c (of c), mounted, framed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Collection Johann Peter Maria Cerroni (1753-1826), Brno, Lugt 1432;
Anonymous collector’s mark “Escutcheon”, Lugt 2695;
Private collection, South Germany

Excellent, even and finely contoured impression of state Meder 33 c (of c). Minutely browned, a small spot in the sky under the cloud, otherwise in excellent condition.