Albrecht Dürer
(Nuremberg 1471–1528)
The Woman of the Apocalypse and the seven-headed dragon, 1498, from the series “Apocalypse”, woodcut on laid paper, monogrammed AD, 39,2 x 28 cm, trimmed along platemark, the German text on the reverse, primary edition 1498, Bartsch 71, Meder 173 I, framed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Dorotheum, Vienna, March 17, 1982, lot 607;
Private collection, Austria.
A splendid, vigorous impression of the German primary edition of 1498, on laid paper, without watermark. With a central crease, browned, slightly stained, the remains of an old mount on the reverse, but otherwise in a good condition. Very rare edition.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
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(Nuremberg 1471–1528)
The Woman of the Apocalypse and the seven-headed dragon, 1498, from the series “Apocalypse”, woodcut on laid paper, monogrammed AD, 39,2 x 28 cm, trimmed along platemark, the German text on the reverse, primary edition 1498, Bartsch 71, Meder 173 I, framed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Dorotheum, Vienna, March 17, 1982, lot 607;
Private collection, Austria.
A splendid, vigorous impression of the German primary edition of 1498, on laid paper, without watermark. With a central crease, browned, slightly stained, the remains of an old mount on the reverse, but otherwise in a good condition. Very rare edition.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz