The Betrayal of Christ, from: The Engraved Passion (B., M., Holl. 5; S.M.S. 47)

Albrecht Dürer and Georg Mack the Elder The Betrayal of Christ, from: The Engraved Passion (B., M., Holl. 5; S.M.S. 47) engraving with watercolour and bodycolour heightened with gold, 1508, trimmed to the subject and mounted on vellum, exquisitely handcoloured by Georg Mack around 1588 and initialled GM in gilt, the vellum border recto decorated with a scroll of pomegranates and various animals including two squirrels, a snake, a fox and a parrot, verso with a German manuscript text in brown ink and gilt relating to the Suffering of Christ, the border decorated with a scroll of peppers and two birds, window-mounted on modern laid paper, in very good condition, framed 4 9/16 x 2 15/16 in. (116 x 75 mm.) (print) 6 7/8 x 5 1/16 in. (175 x 128 mm.) (vellum sheet)