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Saint Christopher facing to the Right & Saint Christopher facing to the Left
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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Saint Christopher facing to the Right & Saint Christopher facing to the Left
two engravings, 1521, both on laid paper, without watermarks, very good Meder a-b impressions, both trimmed to the subjects, Saint Christopher facing to the Right with a a short tear across the upper left corner, otherwise in good condition, Saint Christopher facing to the Left with a repaired tear at upper right, the tip of the lower left corner made up and other, smaller defects, both thinly backed with Japan paper
Image & Sheet 117 x 74 mm. (B. 52)
Image & Sheet 116 x 75 mm. (B. 51)
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Saint Christopher facing to the Right & Saint Christopher facing to the Left
two engravings, 1521, both on laid paper, without watermarks, very good Meder a-b impressions, both trimmed to the subjects, Saint Christopher facing to the Right with a a short tear across the upper left corner, otherwise in good condition, Saint Christopher facing to the Left with a repaired tear at upper right, the tip of the lower left corner made up and other, smaller defects, both thinly backed with Japan paper
Image & Sheet 117 x 74 mm. (B. 52)
Image & Sheet 116 x 75 mm. (B. 51)
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Provenance
Baron Henri de Triqueti (1802-1874), Paris, with his stamp recto (Lugt 1304). (B. 52 & 51)
Unidentified collector’s mark DGR recto (Lugt 757b). (B. 52 & 51)
Unidentified collector's mark D in pencil verso (not in Lugt). (B. 51)
Reverend Canon Edward Harding Firth (1863-1936), Winchester (without mark and not in Lugt); then by descent to the present owner. (B. 52 & 51)
Unidentified collector’s mark DGR recto (Lugt 757b). (B. 52 & 51)
Unidentified collector's mark D in pencil verso (not in Lugt). (B. 51)
Reverend Canon Edward Harding Firth (1863-1936), Winchester (without mark and not in Lugt); then by descent to the present owner. (B. 52 & 51)
Literature
Bartsch 52 & 51, Meder, Hollstein 52 & 53; Schoch, Mende, Scherbaum 94 & 95
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