GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Gravures anciennes – Oude prenten
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311 [German]
DÜRER, Albrecht - St Anthony reading. Nuremberg, 1519.
Engraving, 10,1 x 14,3 cm, laid paper with watermark (Briquet 14993 or 14752),
signed and dated in the plate (trimmed to the platemark, sm. defect to paper at
upper center). Stuck under passe-partout. Good, sl. grey impression.
400 / 500 €
This small print shows St Anthony seated on the ground, stooping forwards to
read a little book. His pilgrim’s hat lies to his left, and his symbols, a cross and a
bell, are placed to his right. A looming landscape in the background echoes the
saint’s pose. The scene is one of calm concentration and Dürer has captured the
saint’s absorbed mood by suggesting that he is absent-mindedly flexing his toes
as he reads. Possibly a contemporary copy after Dürer.
Ref. Meder 51-b. - Bartsch 58. - Mende 87.
313 [German]
GRAF, Urs - Crucifixion. Basel, N. Ringmann, 1506.
Woodcut, partly hand-coloured with green, 25,6 x 18,2 cm, laid paper,
monogrammed VG at lower centre (sm. wormhole just outside left borderline,
sm. brown spot outside right borderline, sm. wormhole at lower centre). Stuck by
upper edge under passe-partout.
200 / 250 €
312 [German]
After Albrecht DÜRER - St Bartholomew. Nuremberg, 1523.
Engraving, 11 x 7,4 cm, laid paper glued on mod. support, monogrammed and
dated «AD 1523», manuscript text on upper left corner «S Bartholomeus» (sl.
toned, old repairs on verso, trimmed to borders). Loose sheet.
100 / 200 €
St Bartholomew, standing in a landscape, holding a knife and a book. From the
series «The Five Apostles». A later mirrored copy of Dürer’s engraving of 1523.
Ref. Meder 1932.45. - Bartsch VII.65.47.
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