Sale 2460 - Old Master Through Modern Prints, November 2, 2017

6 c ALBRECHT DÜRER The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand . Woodcut, 1497. 385x280 mm; 15 1 / 4 x11 1 / 8 inches, thread margins. A very good, evenly- inked and dark Meder b impression before the two small breaks in the king’s mantel lower left, with little to no wear in the composition and with strong contrasts and with the relief from the block visible on the verso. Bartsch 117; Meder 218. [2,500/3,500] 6A c ALBRECHT DÜRER Three woodcuts. The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand , 1497 * The Martyrdom of St. Catherine , 1498 * Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins , 1496-98. Various sizes and conditions. Bartsch 117, 120 and 127; Meder 218, 236 and 238. [1,500/2,500] 6 6A