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Albrecht
Dürer (1471 - 1528)
HERCULES AT THE CROSSROADS (JEALOUSY) . 1498. Meder 63ii a (of iii f), with the horizontal scratch across the left foot of Hercules. Engraving, 321 x 222 mm (12 5/8 x 8 ¾”) trimmed along the platemark. A fine, early impression on paper with a High Crown watermark: M. wz. 20 (“used as early as 1495 on first quality impressions of engravings...” - W. L. Strauss). Horizontal centerfold with tiny holes that suggest the print may have at one time been bound into an album, short repaired tear at upper right edge, otherwise very good condition.
The only known first state impressions are trial proofs of the unfinished plate at Berlin and Vienna. (This is not the impression on the cover of our Summer 2007 catalogue.)
Provenance: George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882), Library of Congress Duplicate.
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