Albrecht Dürer -The Last Supper - 1523 / Description: The last supper, with Christ in the center and only a chalice on the table, the bread tray, a basket and a jug on the ground. Woodcut made by Albrecht Dürer in 1523. A very good, well inked impression of Meder 184 probably a-b/ of e. Typical of this original is the distance between the dish and the bottom edge, which is not present in the copy. With the very fine fractures in the right edge at the height of the bench, as mentioned for condition b, there described in Meder as clearly present. The fine fractures in the borderline are exactly at the same place as in the other originals consulted for comparison. / Dimensions: 20,90 x 29,30 cm / Condition: Excellent condition with no folds, tears or stains. On laid paper with full borderline. / Literature: Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog (184) ----- Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.123.53) ----- Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (I.341.148.a) / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: 1523 2200
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