Lot 103
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Albrecht Dürer
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Albrecht Dürer

The Virgin and Child on a Crescent with a Sceptre and a Starry Crown (B. 32; M., Holl. 37; S.M.S. 81)

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Albrecht Dürer
The Virgin and Child on a Crescent with a Sceptre and a Starry Crown (B. 32; M., Holl. 37; S.M.S. 81)
engraving, 1516, a very good, silvery Meder a impression, without watermark, trimmed on or close to the platemark, a tiny unprinted area near the top of the sceptre, in very good condition
S. 117 x 74 mm.
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Lot Essay

This is the fourth version of the Virgin on a Crescent, and the most majestic. Here, with her starry crown and the sceptre, the Virgin is truly the Apocalyptic Woman, as Saint John saw her in his vision:And there appeared a great wonder in heaven, a woman clothed in the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars (Revelation 12. 1).

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