Old Master Prints
Old Master Prints
St Jerome in His Study (B. 60; M., Holl. 59)
Lot Closed
December 10, 02:03 PM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Albrecht Dürer
1471 - 1528
St Jerome in His Study (B. 60; M., Holl. 59)
Engraving, 1514, a very fine, bright Meder a impression, printing with sparkling clarity and remarkable qualities of illumination, the dark vertical bands apparent in early impressions clearly visible, on fine laid paper without watermark as is consistent with the finest impressions, framed
sheet: 246 by 188mm 9¾ by 7⅜in
The present impression is superior to the Slade impression at the British Museum, while it compares favourably with the Cracherode impression in the same collection.