Nov 02, 2023 - Sale 2651

Sale 2651 - Lot 17

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
JOHANNES WIERICX (AFTER DÜRER)
Melencolia I.

Engraving, 1602. 240x187 mm; 9 1/2x7 1/2 inches, thread margins. The upper part of a crowned coat-of-arms with a fleur-de-lys (?) watermark. A very good, well-inked impression of this scarce engraving with strong contrasts, with all the details distinct and with the artist's name and date preserved in the lower margin. Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1556.