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JOHANNES WIERICX (AFTER DÜRER) Melencolia I.
Estimate:
$3,000 - $5,000
Sold
$8,125
Live Auction
Old Master Through Modern Prints
Description
JOHANNES WIERICX (AFTER DÜRER)
Melencolia I.
Engraving, 1602. 240x187 mm; 9½x7½ 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.