Albrecht Dürer
Melencolia I (B. 74; M., Holl. 75)
Estimate:
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
Property from an Important Private American Collection
Melencolia I (B. 74; M., Holl. 75)
Melencolia I (B. 74; M., Holl. 75)
Estimate:
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
Lot sold:
189,000
GBP
Property from an Important Private American Collection
Albrecht Dürer
1471 - 1528
Melencolia I (B. 74; M., Holl. 75)
Engraving, 1514, a fine, silvery Meder IIa impression, printing with great clarity and luminous contrasts, the figure's face printing darkly, framed
sheet: 242 by 188mm 9 1/2 by 7 3/8 in
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