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Old Master Print

63 - Albrecht Dürer - Mary going to the Temple - Early impression

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€2,400

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Estimation

€3,000 - 5,000

Sale fees

28%

Albrecht Dürer - Mary going to the Temple - Early impression Description: Mariens Tempelgang. Sixth plate from 'Life of the Virgin' showing on the right a group of people with St Anne, with the child Mary leaving and climbing the stairs to the high priest; in the left foreground dealer offering fruit, doves, and lambs. Early impression slightly superior to the Latin text edition from 1511 as shown by the British Museum (1895,0122.646). Edition without (before) the Latin text. A very good impression with nearly intact borderline on a dense laid paper with an early unidentified watermark of a crowned shield with coat of arms and a miter above. Dimensions: 29.80 x 21.00 cm Condition: Outstanding early impression with nearly unbroken borderlines and small margins. A small central rust spot in the paper. Tiny closed chip along the mid-right borderline. Overall excellent and well-preserved condition. Literature: Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog (193) - Before (?) 1511 Latin edition) (193) ----- Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.131.81) ----- Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (I.262.4) Medium: Woodcut Date: 1503

Auction details

OLD MASTER PRINTS - Winter Auction 2026
Thursday, December 3
06:00 PM
St crispijnstraat 23
8870 Izegem, Belgium

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On Drouot for 6 years avec More than 3,000 lots published

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