Apr 28, 2022 - Sale 2602

Sale 2602 - Lot 29

Price Realized: $ 8,125
?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. Corned coat-of-arms watermark. A superb, well-inked impression of this scarce engraving with strong contrasts, with all the details distinct and with Wiericx's name and date on the lower edge of the plate preserved.

Provenance: Naudet, Paris (Lugt 1938, verso). Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1556.