DÜRER Albrecht (Nüremberg 1471 1528) - "The Mass of Saint Gregory". 1511. Engraved wood. Signed with the artist's monogram and dated in the plate lower left. Ref: Hollstein & Meder, n°226. Proof with good margins, on laid paper (without watermark). 18th century print. While celebrating mass in Rome, Pope Gregory is said to have seen Christ miraculously rise above a sarcophagus, accompanied by symbols of the Passion. This legend gave rise to the Gregorian Man of Sorrows. In an effort to be naturalistic, Albrecht Dürer leaned a small devotional painting against the altar, perhaps to show the viewer how contemplation can lead to visualisation. 47 x 34 cm. Condition C (A few short marginal tears, one in the upper margin reaching the subject for 4 cm, a slight trace of an old median horizontal fold and a few small stains in the good margins)