Original engraving printed in black ink on laid paper bearing the “High Crown” watermark (Meder 20, in use between 1495 and 1525).

Signed on the stone with the artist’s monogram lower right.

A brilliant, black and richly printed 16th century/lifetime Meder “a” (of g) impression, with deep contrasts throughout, the small horizontal scratches charteristic of this state clearly present lower left, showing no wiping marks and no signs of wear.

Catalog: Strauss 31; Bartsch 100; Dodgson 37; Meder 97.a; Panofsky 207; Hollstein 97; Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 35.

In excellent condition, with thread margins outside the borderline.