Lot 16
  • 16

Albrecht Dürer

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • Albrecht Dürer
  • The Man of Sorrows Mocked by a Soldier; Christ on the Mount of Olives; and Christ Carrying the Cross (B. 4, 6, 10; M., Holl. 113, 115, 119)
  • woodcut
  • each sheet: approx. 393 by 283mm 15 1/2 by 11 1/8 in
Three woodcuts, circa 1496-1511, from the Large Passion, good though somewhat uneven impressions from the Latin text edition of 1511, B. 6 on paper with a Tower surmounted by a Crown watermark (M. 259), one framed

Provenance

Ex coll. V.M. Nachlass (not in Lugt)

Condition

B. 4 the full sheet as published (the subject without borderline), B. 6 and 10 trimmed on the borderline, generally in good condition, one framed. Imperfections to individual sheets include: B. 4: areas of surface skinning on the left sheet edge verso B. 6: a few faint foxmarks B. 10: small areas of paper thinning at the left sheet edge verso and upper right corner, a nick at the right sheet edge,and a couple of pin holes towards the upper right sheet corner
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