DÜRER, ALBRECHT

DÜRER, ALBRECHT

(1471 Nuremberg 1528)

The Expulsion from Paradise.1510. Sheet 3 of the series: The Small Woodcut Passion.

Woodcut on laid paper with watermark: tall crown (fragmented).

Monogrammed and dated in the wood block top right.

12.6 x 9.8 cm. Framed.

Bartsch 18; Meder 188 II (probably a of c); Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 188. - Very attractive, deep black impression, probably re-blackened in a few parts such as around the head of Adam and Eve and the head of the angel. Predominantly with fine margin around the framing line. Verso slight residue of old mount. Overall in good condition.

Provenance:
- A. G. Gerson, Vienna (until 1904), Lugt 1156a.