ALBRECHT DÜRER
1471 - Neurenberg - 1528 |
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The Annunciation
From the series the Life of the Virgin. |
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Woodcut, c. 1503
Signed with monogram on a tablet “AD”
29.8 x 21.1 cm. with margin around the borderline.
Meder 195. I b (of III f), Hollstein 195a (c). |
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Fine impression of the first state before the edition with text of 1511.
In the lower margin an old annotation in ink.
A small spot at the top. Some light creases seen verso.
Even in these early impressions the small crack in lower border appears as described for this state. |
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| In the building up of the series this must have been the earliest. The date 1503 is mentioned. |
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| Watermark; High Crown (Meder 20) as desired for these early proofs. |
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