ALBRECHT DÜRER (NUREMBERG 1471–1528 NUREMBERG) - photo 1

ALBRECHT DÜRER (NUREMBERG 1471–1528 NUREMBERG)

Lot 7
07.07.2022 19:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 250 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 791854
Lot 7 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (NUREMBERG 1471–1528 NUREMBERG)
Estimate value
£ 250 000 – 350 000
ALBRECHT DÜRER (NUREMBERG 1471–1528 NUREMBERG)

Melencolia I

engraving, 1514, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine, early Meder a impression, the second, final state, printing with great clarity and contrast, with wide margins

Plate 240 x 189 mm.

Sheet 278 x 225 mm.





Provenance

Private Collection, France.

with Galerie J. H. Bauer, Hannover, Germany,

from whom acquired by the present owner in 2006.



Literature

REFERENCES:

Bartsch 74; Meder, Hollstein 75; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 71



SELECTED LITERATURE:

E. Panofsky, The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer, New Jersey, 1945, pp. 151-171.

J. Campbell Hutchison, Albrecht Dürer - A Biography, New Jersey, 1990, pp. 104-5, 114, 117-8.

G. Bartrum, Albrecht Dürer and his Legacy, London, 2002, p. 188, no. 128 (another impression illustrated).

P. Doorly, 'Dürer's Melencolia I: Plato's Abandoned Search for the Beautiful', Art Bulletin, June 2004, LXXXVI, pp. 255-276, no. 2 (another impression illustrated).

J. Sander, J. Stumpel, et al., Dürer - His Art in the Context of his Time, exhibition catalogue, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, 2013-2014, pp. 262-263, no. 10.3 (another impression illustrated).



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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Artist:Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528)
Applied technique:Engraving
Medium:Acrylic glass, Plastic
Art style:Old Masters
Genre:Allegory
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany
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