Swann Galleries - Old Master Prints - Sale 2429: Part I, November 3, 2016

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ALBRECHT DÜRER

St. George on Horseback

Engraving, 1508. 109x86 mm; 4

inches.A brilliant, dark, richly-inked and early Meder

a impression of this very scarce engraving, before the diagonal scratch in the background

above the head of the dragon, with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent

with the earliest impressions of this subject. Partial bull’s head with a flower watermark

(Meder 63, which he dates from the 1460s to the 1490s). Ex-collection Julian Marshall (Lugt

1494, verso); James Reiss (Lugt 1522, verso); A. C. de Poggi (Lugt 614, verso); and

unidentified collector, initials “T.D.” in ink verso (possibly Thomas Dodd, see Lugt 2425

and 680).With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. Bartsch 54; Meder 56.

[30,000/50,000]