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The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seal, from: The Apocalypse
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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seal, from: The Apocalypse
woodcut, circa 1497/98, on laid paper, watermark Tower with Crown and Flower (Meder 259), a very good, dark impression from the Latin text edition of 1511, printing slightly dryly in places, trimmed to or just outside the borderline on three sides, a narrow margin at right, the sheet toned, some small losses and repairs
Block 391 x 278 mm.
Sheet 391 x 279 mm.
The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seal, from: The Apocalypse
woodcut, circa 1497/98, on laid paper, watermark Tower with Crown and Flower (Meder 259), a very good, dark impression from the Latin text edition of 1511, printing slightly dryly in places, trimmed to or just outside the borderline on three sides, a narrow margin at right, the sheet toned, some small losses and repairs
Block 391 x 278 mm.
Sheet 391 x 279 mm.
Provenance
With Marjorie Kauffman Graphics, Houston & Walton Galleries, San Francisco (their labels on the back of the frame).
Literature
Bartsch 65; Meder, Hollstein 168; Schoch, Mende, Scherbaum 116
Brought to you by
Stefano Franceschi
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