Christ before Pilate.

Early 16th c

€ 200 / 250

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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 of the 2nd state with the number added by David Funck (17th c.).
Ref. Hollstein German XVA.15.6.II (of II).