Swann Auction Galleries: OLD MASTER THROUGH MODERN PRINTS: Lot 24
ALBRECHT DÜRER The Apocalypse.
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ALBRECHT DÜRER
The Apocalypse.
Complete set of 16 woodcuts, 1496-98. Each approximately 390x287 mm; 15 1/2x11 1/4 inches. Each from the 1511 Latin text edition. Meder 163, 165, 166, 172, 174, 176 and 178 with a tower with a crown and a flower watermark (Meder 259, which he dates to around 1475 and indicates was commonly used for the 1511 Latin text edition of the Apocalypse). Most with small to narrow margins 3 sides and trimmed inside the black border line one side, each with lower right corner missing (refer to the department for a complete condition report).
Very good impressions overall, showing little signs of wear in the most densely cross-hatched areas and with strong contrasts; extremely scarce as a complete set. Bartsch 60-75; Meder 163-178.
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