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

19 c ALBRECHT DÜRER Joachim and the Angel . Woodcut, 1504. 298x210 mm; 11 3 / 4 x8 1 / 4 inches, wide margins. A superb, evenly- printed and richly-inked Meder c impression after the 1511 Latin text edition with very strong contrasts. Large city gate watermark (Meder 260, which he dates from the first half of the 1500s). Bartsch 78; Meder 190. [2,500/3,500] 20 c ALBRECHT DÜRER The Sojourn of the Holy Family in Egypt . Woodcut, circa 1504. 300x213 mm; 11 7 / 8 x8 3 / 8 inches, thread margins. A very good, well- inked Meder i impression after the 1511 Latin text edition with strong contrasts, with the relief from the wood block distinct on the verso and with little to no sign of wear. Shield with a diagonal band watermark (Meder 246, which he dates circa 1600). Bartsch 90; Meder 202. [2,000/3,000] 19 20