Hercules at the Crossroads (B. 73; M., Holl. 63; S.M.S. 22)

Albrecht Dürer Hercules at the Crossroads (B. 73; M., Holl. 63; S.M.S. 22) engraving, circa 1498, watermark High Crown (M. 20), a fine, remarkably clear and sharp Meder II a impression (the first, unfinished state survives in two impressions only, in Berlin and Vienna), before the scratch through Hercules's calf, with small margins, an extremely skilfully repaired tear at the right of the subject, a flattened diagonal printer's crease at upper left, a few tiny repairs between the branches at upper right P. 321 x 224 mm., S. 326 x 228 mm.