May 02, 2017 - Sale 2445

Sale 2445 - Lot 56

Price Realized: $ 10,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
DANIEL HOPFER
The Last Judgment.

Etching, circa 1525. 312x455 mm; 12 1/4x17 7/8 inches, thread margins. First state (of 2). Ex-collection William Esdaile (Lugt 2617, lower right recto). A superb, richly-inked impression of this large, early etching, with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear.

We have found only 4 other early, first state impressions at auction, consistent with the current impression, in the past 30 years. Bartsch 15.