Oct 29, 2019 - Sale 2522

Sale 2522 - Lot 40

Price Realized: $ 3,250
?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 3/8x7 3/8 inches, thread margins. 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. Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1556.