ALBRECHT DÜRER
1471 - Neurenberg 1528 |
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The presentation of the Virgin in the temple.
From the series The Life of the Virgin. |
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Woodcut.
Signed with monogram on a tablet AD
29.6 x 21 cm. Trimmed around the borderline.
Meder 193 I a (of III h),
Hollstein 193 a. |
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Excellent impression of the first state before the edition
with text of 1511.
Excellent condition.
Watermark; High Crown (Meder 20) as desired for these
early proofs. |
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Provenance: Dr. W. Ackermann, 1793-1865 (Lugt 791)
Siegfried Barden, Hamburg 1854-1917 (Lugt 218 and 2756). |
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A written marque E? (not found in Lugt), Initial H with a number 1715 (possible Lugt 1280c). |
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