Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) Lot n° 8

Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) - The Lamentation / Description: Small passion: The Lamentation, on the right Joseph of Arimathea supports the body of Christ, on the left St John comforts the Virgin, in the left foreground the Magdalen bending over, her ointment jar standing next to her, in the right foreground a basket with tools and the crown of thorns. c.1509-10 woodcut made by: Albrecht Dürer. An original impression with the breaks in the borderline as described in the Meder state c1. From the collection of Duke d 'Arenberg. / Dimensions: 12,80 x 9,90 cm / Condition: Somewhat late impression with full borderline and small margins on age toned laid paper with no visible watermark. Collection stamp and remains of album tipping on the backside. / Literature: Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog (152) --- Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.120.43) --- Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (I.296.87.a) --- Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations (II.213) / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: 1509-1510