Ulrich Varnbüler (B. 150; H., Holl., S.M.S. 256)

Albrecht Dürer Ulrich Varnbüler (B. 150; H., Holl., S.M.S. 256) chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in black, olive-green and ochre-green, 1522, watermark Circle with two Arcs and a Flourish (M. 258), a very impressive Meder IIIa impression, well registered, printing with strong relief, the colours particularly fresh, trimmed just outside the borderline, with the address of W. Janssen (Blaeu) trimmed off at the lower edge, a short printer's crease with associated paper split at the upper right corner, a small abrasion on the collar, an un-inked printer's crease in the cartouche at right, generally in excellent, fresh condition S. 17¼ x 13 1/8 in. (439 x 335 mm.)