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

28 c ALBRECHT DÜRER Two woodcuts from the Small Passion . Christ Taking Leave of his Mother * Christ Appears to his Mother . Both 1509-11. Both 129x96 mm; 5 1 / 8 x3 3 / 4 inches, thread margins. The first a Meder a-b impression without text, printed during or just after 1511; the second a strong impression from the 1511 Latin text edition. Bartsch 21 and 46; Meder 132 and 155. [5,000/8,000] 29 c ALBRECHT DÜRER The Harrowing of Hell . Woodcut, 1509-11. 129x96 mm; 5 1 / 8 x3 3 / 4 inches, thread margins. A superb, richly- inked proof impression before the 1511 Latin text edition, with strong contrasts and little to no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Bartsch 41; Meder 150. [3,000/5,000] 30 c ALBRECHT DÜRER (after) The Entombment . Engraving, 1507. 237x177 mm; 9 1 / 2 x7 inches, thread margins. A very good, dark impression of this scarce engraving. [1,200/1,800] 28 29 30