A 500-year-old engraving by Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, which is said to have been found at a tip, has sold at auction for £26,500.
Mat Winter, from Cranbrook, Kent, said he discovered the artwork when he was 11 and was unaware of its value until he took it to a specialist as an adult.
The engraving – titled Knight, Death and the Devil and signed and dated 1513 – was sold in an online auction, external by Rare Book Auctions on Wednesday.
Jim Spencer, director of the auction house, in Lichfield, Staffordshire, said there had been interest in the engraving “from all over the world” and the successful bidder was a private collector in Germany.
