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Saint Michael fighting the Dragon, from: The Apocalypse (B. 72; M., Holl. 174; S.M.S. 122)
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Albrecht Dürer
Saint Michael fighting the Dragon, from: The Apocalypse
(B. 72; M., Holl. 174; S.M.S. 122)
woodcut, circa 1498, without watermark, a very good, strong and even impression of the rare German text edition of 1498, trimmed to or on the borderline, the borderline strengthened with pen and ink, a repaired vertical tear at the upper sheet edge at right, another, shorter tear at upper centre, generally in good condition
B., S. 15 3/8 x 11 1/8 in. (390 x 283 mm.)
Saint Michael fighting the Dragon, from: The Apocalypse
(B. 72; M., Holl. 174; S.M.S. 122)
woodcut, circa 1498, without watermark, a very good, strong and even impression of the rare German text edition of 1498, trimmed to or on the borderline, the borderline strengthened with pen and ink, a repaired vertical tear at the upper sheet edge at right, another, shorter tear at upper centre, generally in good condition
B., S. 15 3/8 x 11 1/8 in. (390 x 283 mm.)
Provenance
Giuseppe Storck (1766-1836), Milan, dated 1798 (L. 2319).
Initials KSU and a divider in a circle (not in Lugt).
Initials KSU and a divider in a circle (not in Lugt).
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