Jun 22, 2010 - Sale 2218

Sale 2218 - Lot 6

Price Realized: $ 1,920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
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 Hercules's nose. Snake watermark (Meder 100, which he dates to around 1580). Ex-collection Karl Scheffler (Lugt 1644, verso). A good impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 127; Meder 238.