Nov 03, 2016 - Sale 2429

Sale 2429 - Lot 13

Price Realized: $ 60,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 30,000 - $ 50,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
Hercules, or the Effects of Jealousy.

Engraving, 1498. 322x222 mm; 12 1/2x8 3/4 inches, thread margins. A superb, dark and evenly-inked Meder 2 a-b impression, with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. High crown watermark (Meder 29, which he dates from around 1485 to 1520). Ex-collection John, first Earl Spencer (Lugt Lugt 1532, lower left recto). Bartsch 73; Meder 63.