Lot 138
Dürer (Albrecht) The Small Fortune, c. 1495-96; and five others (6)
Hammer Price: £900
Description
Dürer (Albrecht, 1471-1528) The Small Fortune, engraving, a good Meder c impression, on laid paper affixed to card support, sheet 121 x 66 mm. (4 3/4 x 2 5/8 in), trimmed to or just within borderlines, exposure lines from previous mount, toning to sheet, surface dirt and spotting, some rubbing, fine perforation in the upper right quadrant, unframed, circa 1495-96; together with two variant copies of Joachim and the Angel, from The Life of the Virgin, a trimmed and laid down impression of the title page from The Life of the Virgin, a copy after the Man of Sorrows, and a later impression of Erhard Schön's Portrait of Dürer in profile, various sizes, all unframed, 16th century and later (6)
Literature:
(Little Fortune) B. 78; M. 71; S.M.S. 5
Description
Dürer (Albrecht, 1471-1528) The Small Fortune, engraving, a good Meder c impression, on laid paper affixed to card support, sheet 121 x 66 mm. (4 3/4 x 2 5/8 in), trimmed to or just within borderlines, exposure lines from previous mount, toning to sheet, surface dirt and spotting, some rubbing, fine perforation in the upper right quadrant, unframed, circa 1495-96; together with two variant copies of Joachim and the Angel, from The Life of the Virgin, a trimmed and laid down impression of the title page from The Life of the Virgin, a copy after the Man of Sorrows, and a later impression of Erhard Schön's Portrait of Dürer in profile, various sizes, all unframed, 16th century and later (6)
Literature:
(Little Fortune) B. 78; M. 71; S.M.S. 5