Hans Baldung Grien (1484-1545)
Hans Baldung Grien (1484-1545) - St. Barbara - First state / Description: St Barbara; whole-length figure, seated on a backless chair facing left; holding a chalice with a host showing Christ on the Cross; at lower left a small tower, landscape background. c.1505-07. Woodcut by Hans Baldung Grien formerly attributed to Albecht Dürer. First state before the AD monogram added on the chair in the second state. A great rare work, especially in this first state. / Dimensions: 23,60 x 16,10 cm Good impression with excellent contrast on laid paper with no visible watermark. Trimmed on/outside the borderline. 9In very good condition. / Literature: Thieme/Becker IX, 269. Hollstein VI, 214, 17. SMS 266.29, Wolfgang Hutt 1366, Borer 136, Schramm 1158, Woodcut
