LX898. Christmas, 1978

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), perhaps the greatest German artist of the Renaissance era, began his career in the Imperial Free City of Nuremberg with his father, a Hungarian goldsmith who had emigrated to Germany in 1455. Despite his goldsmith origins, however, by 1484 Dürer had already begun painting. In 1486 he was apprenticed to the painter and printmaker Michael Wolgumut and began to work with woodcuts and copper engravings as well.

Date of issue: 11 December 1978

Design: after Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)

Engraving: Jean de Vos

Printing & editor: Rodan, Brussels

Size engraving: 34 x 34 mm.

Circulation: limited edition between 400 and 700*

* These etching where printed on a double folded mould-made paper sheet, on the inside the Christmas wishes were written or printed (see underneath an example). Some people kept the left side of this card, which made the “luxury sheet”; it goes without saying that the majority many were lost or damaged in the mail.

LX898. Imperforated luxury sheet, violet. 200F (200F for the first time)

Etching on mould-made paper

There are no variations or curiosities known for none of the above shown material.