Oct 31, 2008 - Sale 2160

Sale 2160 - Lot 107

Price Realized: $ 1,348
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins.

Woodcut, 1496-98. 390x283 mm; 15 3/8x11 1/4 inches, small margins. A good Meder II a impression, with the 16 birds but before the loss on Hercule's nose. Snake watermark (Meder 100, which he dates to around 1580). Ex-collection Karl Scheffler (Lugt 1644, verso). A very good impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 127; Meder 238.