Albrecht D?rer (German, 1471?1528) Saint Eustace

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European Art and Old Masters

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Feb 22, 2022

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• Lot Description
  Albrecht D?rer (German, 1471?1528) Saint Eustace

  Circa 1501. Engraving on laid paper. A fine Meder B impression with High Crown watermark (Meder 20), with rich contrasts and fine details, with burr in trees to the left and right of the crucifix and in the halo of Christ, trimmed tightly to the image edge; also inscribed in brown ink 'P. Mariette 1664' upper center left, along the top outer edge
  Plate size (coinciding with sheet size): 13 13/16 x 10 1/8 in. (35.1 x 25.7cm)
  [Bartsch 57; Hollstein 60; Meder 60b; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 32]

  
  
  

  Provenance

  Pierre Mariette II (French, 1634-1716), Lugt 1790.
  (Possibly) Colnaghi (per graphite inscription verso).
  Edward Guthrie Kennedy (American, 1849-1932, of Kennedy & Co., New York, New York (Lugt 857)
  Private Collection, Pennsylvania.

  
  
  Footnote:

  Note

  Deemed "the greatest publisher of the century," Pierre Mariette II was the son of Pierre Mariette I and continued his father's legacy as Paris' most prominent print dealer and collector. In 1655, Mariette married Madeleine de Colmont, widow of famous print dealer and publisher Fran?ois Langlois. Through this union, Mariette joined the two family trades into a prosperous business set "Aux Colonnes d'Hercule," in Paris' oldest street, rue Saint Jacques, which enjoyed a considerable reputation and relied on on a faithful, famous, and ever-growing clientele. Langlois himself was known for frequently working as agent to the Earl of Arundel and King Charles I of England.

  Mariette assured his monopoly by cultivating friendships with the artists he represented, and by expanding his business far outside Paris, to Italy and the Netherlands. Such close relationships were key to his heirs, first to his fourth son Jean, born in 1660, and later to his grandson, the great Pierre-Jean Mariette, who succesfully embarked on the path traced by his ancestors, and who rapidly showed himself worthy of the Mariette name by being the assured expert and astute collector he was at just 20 years old.

  The variety of the prints on which Pierre Mariette's signature can be found is a testament to his eclectic, expert taste. The present work was not the only etching by D?rer in his collection, as revealed by the 16 copies of The Engraved Passion now in the British Museum in London, all marked on the verso with Pierre Mariette's handwritten signature. Saint Eustace is one of D?rer?s most important, as well as his largest engraving. It depicts the conversion of Placidus, a Roman general, to Christianity. According to legend, Placidus came upon a stag while hunting, and saw a vision of the crucifix appearing between the animal?s antlers. The stag spoke to Placidus in Christ?s voice, and Placidus, falling from his horse and shown kneeling, was converted to Eustace, the patron saint of hunters.

  
  
  
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