Albrecht Dürer

Melencolia I (B. 74; M., Holl. 75)

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Lot Closed

December 7, 02:07 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

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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