Albrecht Dürer

Christ takes leave of his mother

Details

Bartsch 92; Meder 204 III a (von III h); Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 182 III a (von III h).

Description

Sheet 17 from the series: The life of the Virgin. Excellent, sharp and pure impression, without text, with the watermark sought after for this Impression, which indicates an origin from 1542 to 1551. With the two tiny gaps in the mountain contour and a fine margin around the borderlines. – Paper sporadically slightly time stained. A small tear at the upper left edge. Two faintly visible paper rubbings verso, otherwise a good copy.

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