Albrecht Dürer

(Nuremberg 1471-1528)
The Flight into Egypt, c. 1503, from the series „The Life of the Virgin“, woodcut, monogrammed AD, on laid paper with watermark "Cross with snake on a chapel" (Meder watermark 111, um 1600), 29,8 x 21 cm, trimmed along framing lines and at lower margin partly within it, Bartsch 89, Meder 201 e-f (of f), mounted, framed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Private collection, South Germany

Very outstanding, vigorous and in all parts black-toned impression of an edition without text and with a distinct print relief on the reverse. Datable to c. 1600 on the basis of the watermark "Cross with snake on a chapel". The paper slightly browned, but otherwise in excellent condition.