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The Holy Family with Joachim and Anne under a Tree
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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
The Holy Family with Joachim and Anne under a Tree
woodcut, 1511, on laid paper, watermark Bull’s Head with JZ (Meder 70), a very fine, strong and clear Meder a impression, printing with considerable gaufrage, with narrow to thread margins or trimmed to the borderline in places, with flattened horizontal and vertical folds, otherwise in good condition
Block 234 x 158 mm.
Sheet 235 x 160 mm.
The Holy Family with Joachim and Anne under a Tree
woodcut, 1511, on laid paper, watermark Bull’s Head with JZ (Meder 70), a very fine, strong and clear Meder a impression, printing with considerable gaufrage, with narrow to thread margins or trimmed to the borderline in places, with flattened horizontal and vertical folds, otherwise in good condition
Block 234 x 158 mm.
Sheet 235 x 160 mm.
Provenance
Dr Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Fürth, Munich and Untergrainau, Germany, and Mount Vernon, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.
Literature
Bartsch 96; Meder, Hollstein 215; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 226
Special Notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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