Lot 1
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)
Five Soldiers and a Turk on Horseback
Hammer Price: £2,000
Description
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)
Five Soldiers and a Turk on Horseback
Engraving, circa 1495, a Meder c/d impression on laid paper without watermark, numerous areas of loss to sheet carefully restored, largely in the blank areas of the plate, but one area affecting the feather from the hat of the central soldier facing out, other marginal nicks, unevenly trimmed within the platemark, sheet 132 x 146 mm. (5 1/4 x 5 3/4 in) (framed)
Literature:
Bartsch 88; Meder 81; S.M.S. 4
Description
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)
Five Soldiers and a Turk on Horseback
Engraving, circa 1495, a Meder c/d impression on laid paper without watermark, numerous areas of loss to sheet carefully restored, largely in the blank areas of the plate, but one area affecting the feather from the hat of the central soldier facing out, other marginal nicks, unevenly trimmed within the platemark, sheet 132 x 146 mm. (5 1/4 x 5 3/4 in) (framed)
Literature:
Bartsch 88; Meder 81; S.M.S. 4