Saint Jerome in his Study (B. 60; M., Holl. 59; S.M.S. 70)

Albrecht Dürer Saint Jerome in his Study (B. 60; M., Holl. 59; S.M.S. 70) engraving, 1514, without watermark, a fine, warm and atmospheric Meder a/b impression, the dark vertical bands evident in the upper part of the subject, trimmed to the subject, very narrowly remargined, with touches of pen and ink in places at the extreme sheet edge, two short un-inked hairlines, one just below the bench, the other in the arch to the right of the window, a tiny surface abrasion just below the central window arch, an unobtrusive horizontal crease on the reverse probably inherent in the paper (not visible recto), remains of old paper tape along the sheet edges verso, with a few small thin spots at the lower edge, generally in very good condition P., S. 243 x 186 mm.