Live auction - Lot 133
[German]
Christ before Pilate.
Early 16th c
Hammer price: €
200
€ 80 / 100
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Lot description
Etching, 13,5 x 8,6 cm, laid paper, signed "LH", numb. 196 (trimmed inside platemark, traces of former mount on verso).
Good impression and condition. Rare.
Fine etching after Albrecht Dürer's (1471-1528) engraving from the Passion series (Hollstein German VII.10.7). Lambert Hopfer (fl. c. 1525-1550) was the son of Daniel Hopfer (1471-1536), the first artist to use the etching technique for printmaking. Dark impression with the number of David Funck (17th c.).
Ref. Hollstein German XVA.15.6.II (of II).