Die Entführung auf dem Einhorn – Abduction on a Unicorn 1516
Albrecht Dürer
1471 – Nuremberg – 1528
Die Entführung auf dem Einhorn – Abduction on a Unicorn 1516
etching; 310 x 212 mm (12 1/4 x 8 5/16 inches)
Bartsch 72; Meder 67; Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum
watermark
anchor in circle (Meder 171)
provenance:
Gilhofer & Ranschburg, Lucerne
Carl and Rose Hirschler, geb. Dreyfus, Haarlem (Lugt 633a), acquired in January 1938;
thence by descent
exhibition:
B.L.D. Ihle/J.C. Ebbinge Wubben, Prentkunst van Martin Schongauer, Albrecht Dürer, Israhel van Meckenem. Uit eene particuliere verzameling, exhibition catalogue, Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam, 1955, p. 34, no. 55
A fine impression before any rust spots; in excellent condition; trimmed within the platemark, with the borderline visible all round as well as the four rounded corners of the plate.