Saint Eustace

ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528) Saint Eustace engraving, circa 1501, on laid paper, watermark High Crown (Meder 20), a fine Meder b impression, with the light horizontal scratches above the mountain at left and on the saint's shoulder (as called for by Meder in early impressions), printing with good contrasts, clarity and nuances, trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline and subject on all sides, a short, very skilfully repaired tear at upper right, otherwise in very good condition, framed Sheet 357 x 262 mm.