Albrecht Dürer

(Nuremberg 1471-1528)
The Lamentation, c. 1497-1500, from the series "The Great Passion", woodcut, monogrammed AD, on laid paper with watermark "Gothic p with A and small coat-of-arms" (Meder watermark 325), 39,2x 28,5 cm, with a broad margin of approx. 3cm along framing lines, edition without text after 1511, Bartsch 13, Meder 122 III a (of c), mounted, framed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Anonymous collector’s mark "R with arrow"(not with Lugt);
Private collection, South Germany

Very excellent, even impression of the earliest edition without text, after 1511. With the watermark "Gothic p with A and small coat-of-arms" (about 1570) mentioned by Meder for this state. Paper browned and somewhat stained at the margins outside the image, minor repairs to the margins, but otherwise in flawless condition.