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Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528) The Peasant and his wife Engraving, circa 1497, on laid paper without watermark, a Meder d impression, with thread margins, trimmed to the platemark in places, generally in good condition; together with The Cook and his Wife (B. 84; M., H. 85; S.M.S. 13), engraving, circa 1496, on laid paper, without watermark, a Meder b/c impression Sheet 108 x 77mm. (4 1/4 x 3 1/8in.) 2 unframed image 1
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528) The Peasant and his wife Engraving, circa 1497, on laid paper without watermark, a Meder d impression, with thread margins, trimmed to the platemark in places, generally in good condition; together with The Cook and his Wife (B. 84; M., H. 85; S.M.S. 13), engraving, circa 1496, on laid paper, without watermark, a Meder b/c impression Sheet 108 x 77mm. (4 1/4 x 3 1/8in.) 2 unframed image 2
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Albrecht Dürer
(German, 1471-1528)
The Peasant and his wife 2 unframed

18 December 2018, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)

The Peasant and his wife (Bartsch 83; Meder, Hollstein 86; Schoch, Mende and Scherbaum 14)
Engraving, circa 1497, on laid paper without watermark, a Meder d impression, with thread margins, trimmed to the platemark in places, generally in good condition; together with The Cook and his Wife (B. 84; M., H. 85; S.M.S. 13), engraving, circa 1496, on laid paper, without watermark, a Meder b/c impression

Sheet 108 x 77mm. (4 1/4 x 3 1/8in.)
(2) (unframed)

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Provenance
Reverend J. Burleigh James (mid-nineteenth century), Knowbury Park, Shropshire (L. 1425); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 19 March 1877.
Hermann Marx (d. 1948), Cobham, Surrey, (Lugt 2816a); his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 May 1948, where acquired; thence by descent.

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