Albrecht Altdorfer
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Details
Bartsch VIII, 43, Nr. 5; Winzinger 129; The New Hollstein e.5.
Provenienz:
Ines Beckendorf-Kaps, (letztes Drittel 20 Jh. bis 21. Jh.), Leipzig, verso mit dem Stempel (Lugt 3575, dort erwähnt);
Nicht identifizierter Sammlerstempel “N.B”, verso mit dem Stempel (Lugt 5177).
Description
A fine, early impression. With a fine margin around the framing line. Winzinger considers this engraving to be one of the artist’s most outstanding works, “this work, in which man and nature merge into an indissoluble unity, to be one of Altdorfer’s greatest masterpieces”. – The upper margin set, with pen retouching there. Smoothed creases verso, with minor traces of use, otherwise a fine copy. Rare!
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