Albrecht Dürer
The Birth of Christ (Adoration of the Shepherds)
Details
Bartsch 85; Meder 197 I a (von III g); Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 175 I a (von III g).
Description
Sheet 10 from the set: The Life of the Virgin. A very fine, crisp, lifetime impression, before the Latin text edition of 1511, with a beautiful relief effect on the reverse. The incipient gaps in the upper margin already recognisable. With a small margin up to 3-4 mm wide around the borderlines. – Isolated minor paper defects at the edges, small dabs in black ink in the centre of the right margin. Verso with old creases and slightly time stained, otherwise in good condition.
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