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ALBRECHT DÜRER
The Sudarium Held by One Angel
.
Etching, 1516. 186x135 mm; 6
1
/
2
x5
1
/
2
inches,
thread margins. A superb, dark, richly-
inked Meder I c impression, before the rust
marks, with the vertical scratches through
the angel’s wing at left and along the lower
right border near the monogram, some of the
latter printing with burr-like inking, an early
impression with these characteristics.
Bantrum notes, “Dürer produced only six
etchings, all between circa 1515 and 1518.
Early etchers often experienced difficulties in
using the iron plates,which rusted quickly,and
in controlling the acid for etching the design
into the plate. These problems must have
frustrated Dürer, who was so accomplished
with the engraver’s burin, and may have
deterred him from experimenting further
with the technique,” (Bantrum,
Albrecht Dürer
and his Legacy
,Princeton,2002,p.199).Bartsch
26; Meder 27.
[3,000/5,000]
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Virgin on the Crescent with a Sceptre and a
Starry Crown
.
Engraving, 1516. 118x74 mm; 4
3
/
4
x3 inches,
thread margins.A superb, richly-inked Meder
a impression of this very scarce engraving,
with strong contrasts, no sign of wear and a
trace of drypoint on the Virgin’s neck near
the vertical side of the collar. Bartsch 32;
Meder 37.
[3,000/5,000]
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