Adam and Eve (B., M. Holl. 1; S.M.S. 39)

Albrecht Dürer Adam and Eve (B., M. Holl. 1; S.M.S. 39) engraving, 1504, watermark Bull’s Head (M. 62), a fine, rich and warm Meder a impression of third, final state, printing with deep shadows and great contrast, yet clear and subtle in the details, trimmed just inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the subject on all sides, an extremely skillful repair at lower centre, another on and around the flank of the moose, a tiny repair in the blank paper above the mountain goat, generally in good condition S. 249 x 193 mm.