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Albrecht Dürer — The Holy Kinship with the Lute-Playing Angels (B. 97; M., Holl. 216)
Albrecht Dürer

The Holy Kinship with the Lute-Playing Angels (B. 97; M., Holl. 216)

Albrecht Dürer's engraving depicting the Holy Kinship with lute-playing angels, combining religious narrative with musical imagery. This work exemplifies Dürer's masterful technique and his fusion of sacred subject matter with Renaissance artistic refinement.

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Old Master Prints

June 30, 2021

Estimate: $5,000 – $7,000

Lot 9

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Albrecht Dürer, The Holy Kinship with the Lute-Playing Angels (B. 97; M., Holl. 216)

Albrecht Dürer's engraving depicting the Holy Kinship with lute-playing angels, combining religious narrative with musical imagery. This work exemplifies Dürer's masterful technique and his fusion of sacred subject matter with Renaissance artistic refinement.

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Music, Angels, Sacred Art, Masterwork, Holy Kinship, Albrecht Dürer, Religious, Engraving, Northern European, Renaissance

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