Albrecht Dürer

Estimate

40,000 - 70,000 GBP

Sold

85,250 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

Albrecht Dürer
Melencolia I (B. 74; M., Holl. 75)
engraving on paper

Engraving, 1514, a very fine, clear impression, printing with depth and great contrasts, with the horizontal scratch above the nails and through the sphere

Provenance

Ex coll. Louis Galichon (L. 1060); Marsden Jasael Perry (L. 1880); Ambroise Firmin-Didot (L. 119); Conte Giuseppe Archinto (L. 547)