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The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (B. 29; M., Holl. 43; S.M.S. 27)
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Albrecht Dürer
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
(B. 29; M., Holl. 43; S.M.S. 27)
engraving, circa 1500, with part of a Bull's Head watermark (M. 62), a fine Meder a impression, printing with a subtle plate tone, trimmed to or just outside the subject, a short repaired tear and tiny surface loss at the lower left sheet corner, otherwise in good condition
S. 4 9/16 x 2 13/16 in. (116 x 71 mm.)
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
(B. 29; M., Holl. 43; S.M.S. 27)
engraving, circa 1500, with part of a Bull's Head watermark (M. 62), a fine Meder a impression, printing with a subtle plate tone, trimmed to or just outside the subject, a short repaired tear and tiny surface loss at the lower left sheet corner, otherwise in good condition
S. 4 9/16 x 2 13/16 in. (116 x 71 mm.)
Provenance
Norbert Handwerk (born 1909), Munich and Switzerland, with his paraphe in pencil verso; Christie's, New York, Engravings, Etchings and Drypoints by Albrecht Dürer from a Private Swiss Collection, 19 November 1986, lot 481 (US$7,150).
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