Details

Provenance

Provenance<br> <br> <br> <br> H.A. Cornill-d'Orville (L. 529)<br> <br> B. 13, Wrtemberg (L. 2606)

Literature

Literature<br> <br> <br> <br> Bartsch 4-15; Meder, Hollstein 113-24

Catalog summary

Albrecht Drer The large Passion woodcuts, circa 1496-1511, title and set of eleven plates, superb to very fine, black proof impressions, before the Edition of 1511 with Latin text, watermarks Imperial Orb, Bull's Head with Cross and Flower or Name of Mary, a few lesser defects as described below, generally in very good condition The Man of Sorrows Mocked by a Soldier (B.4), a Meder II impression, watermark Bull's Head with Cross and Flower (M. 66), with small to narrow margins, in good condition The Last Supper (B.5), watermark Name of Mary (M. 316), with thread margins or trimmed to the borderline, a central horizontal fold (split in places), a soft vertical crease, a thin Japan backing, otherwise generally good condition Christ on the Mount of Olives (B.6), a Meder a impression, watermark Imperial Orb (M. 53), with thread margins or trimmed to the borderline, a central horizontal fold, generally in very good condition The Kiss of Judas (B.7), watermark Name of Mary (M. 316), with thread margins or trimmed to the borderline, a central horizontal fold (partially split and Japan-backed at the edges), one or two other small repairs at the edges, otherwise generally in very good condition. The Flagellation (B.8), watermark Imperial Orb (M. 53), with thread margins or trimmed to the subject, a central horizontal fold (lightly Japan-backed in places), generally in very good condition Ecce Homo (B.9), a Meder a-b impression (the fine crack at the bottom just touching the robe of the stout man), watermark Imperial Orb (M. 53), trimmed to the borderline, a central horizontal fold, a shorter crease at the lower centre, a pen and ink number at the lower centre edge, one or two very short repaired tears at the edges, otherwise generally in good condition Christ Carrying the Cross (B.10), watermark Imperial Orb, trimmed to the subject, the border made-up, a central horizontal fold (partially backed with Japan), one or two short repairs at the edges The Crucifixion (B.11), a Meder a impression, watermark Imperial Orb (M. 53), with thread margins or trimmed to the borderline, a central horizontal fold, one or two tiny repaired spots towards the top, a pale pen and ink number at the lower right, a tiny touched in spot on the Virgin's headdress, generally in very good condition Christ in Limbo (B.14), a Meder a-b impression, (the crack lower left just discernable), watermark Name of Mary (M. 316), with narrow margins or trimmed on the borderline, a faint central horizontal fold, one or two thin spots on the reverse, one or two tiny tears lightly Japan-backed at the edges, generally in very good condition The Lamentation (B.13), a Meder a impression, watermark Imperial Orb (M. 53), with 5-7mm. margins, a central horizontal fold (lightly Japan-backed), a repair in the sky and trees to the left of the birds, otherwise generally in very good condition The Deposition (B.12), watermark Imperial Orb, with narrow to thread margins, a central horizontal fold, a pale glue stain at the centre, otherwise in good condition The Resurrection (B.15), a Meder b impression, watermark Name of Mary (M. 316), with thread margins, a central horizontal fold (partially supported), a vertical crease in the lower half visible verso , a short printer's crease at the right edge, one or two other tiny backed spots, otherwise generally in very good condition averaging L. 397 x 286mm. (12)