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Melencolia I
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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Melencolia I
engraving
1514
on laid paper, without watermark
a brilliant, early and warm Meder IIa impression
printing with great clarity and presence, especially in the figures and drapery
with intense contrasts, depth and many fine wiping marks
trimmed to or just outside the borderline
generally in very good condition
Sheet 241 x 187 mm.
Melencolia I
engraving
1514
on laid paper, without watermark
a brilliant, early and warm Meder IIa impression
printing with great clarity and presence, especially in the figures and drapery
with intense contrasts, depth and many fine wiping marks
trimmed to or just outside the borderline
generally in very good condition
Sheet 241 x 187 mm.
Provenance
Pierre Mariette II (1634-1716), Paris (Lugt 1789), dated 1669.
Norbert G. Handwerk (b. 1909), Munich and Switzerland (Lugt 4275); his sale, Engravings, Etchings and Drypoints by Albrecht Dürer from a Private Swiss Collection (Collection N.G.H.), Christie’s, New York, 19 November 1986, lot 510.
Private Collection, USA; acquired at the above sale.
Norbert G. Handwerk (b. 1909), Munich and Switzerland (Lugt 4275); his sale, Engravings, Etchings and Drypoints by Albrecht Dürer from a Private Swiss Collection (Collection N.G.H.), Christie’s, New York, 19 November 1986, lot 510.
Private Collection, USA; acquired at the above sale.
Literature
Bartsch 74; Meder, Hollstein 75; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 71
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Stefano Franceschi
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