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Melencolia I
Details
ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Melencolia I
engraving
1514
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine, tonal impression, Meder II b-c
printing sharply and clearly, with good contrasts and depth
a narrow margin above, trimmed to or outside the borderline elsewhere
generally in good condition
Sheet 24,1 x 18,8 cm. (9 ½ x 7 3⁄8 in.)
Melencolia I
engraving
1514
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine, tonal impression, Meder II b-c
printing sharply and clearly, with good contrasts and depth
a narrow margin above, trimmed to or outside the borderline elsewhere
generally in good condition
Sheet 24,1 x 18,8 cm. (9 ½ x 7 3⁄8 in.)
Provenance
Francis Calley Gray (1790-1856), Cambridge, Massachusetts (Lugt 4836; inscribed 1097).
Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; with their duplicate stamp verso (Lugt 4835); by bequest from the above, inscribed by the conservator of the museum Edward Hale Greenleaf in pencil verso (see Lugt 5207); their sale, Christie's, London, 1 December 1987, lot 9.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; with their duplicate stamp verso (Lugt 4835); by bequest from the above, inscribed by the conservator of the museum Edward Hale Greenleaf in pencil verso (see Lugt 5207); their sale, Christie's, London, 1 December 1987, lot 9.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
A. von Bartsch, Le Peintre Graveur, Vienna, vol. VII, 1808, no. 74, pp. 42-43.
J. Meder, Dürer-Katalog, Vienna, 1932, no. 75, pp.100-101.
F. W. H. Hollstein, German Engravings Etchings and Woodcuts, CA. 1400-1700, Albrecht and Hans Dürer, Amsterdam, 1962, no. 75, pp. 70-71 (another impression ill.).
W. L. Strauss (ed.), The Illustrated Bartsch, Vol. 10, New York, 1980, no. 74, p. 66 (another impression ill.).
R. Schoch, M. Mende & A. Scherbaum, Albrecht Dürer, Das druckgraphische Werk, Munich, vol. I, 2001, (Kupferstiche, Eisenradierungen und Kaltnadelblätter), no. 71, pp. 179-185 (another impression ill.).
J. Meder, Dürer-Katalog, Vienna, 1932, no. 75, pp.100-101.
F. W. H. Hollstein, German Engravings Etchings and Woodcuts, CA. 1400-1700, Albrecht and Hans Dürer, Amsterdam, 1962, no. 75, pp. 70-71 (another impression ill.).
W. L. Strauss (ed.), The Illustrated Bartsch, Vol. 10, New York, 1980, no. 74, p. 66 (another impression ill.).
R. Schoch, M. Mende & A. Scherbaum, Albrecht Dürer, Das druckgraphische Werk, Munich, vol. I, 2001, (Kupferstiche, Eisenradierungen und Kaltnadelblätter), no. 71, pp. 179-185 (another impression ill.).
Exhibited
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Verhext – Phantastische Graphik aus der Sammlung Hegewisch, November 1997 – March 1998.
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Mit dem inneren Auge sehen – Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Hegewisch, September 2016 – January 2017, no. 8, pp. 34 (ill.) & 75.
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Mit dem inneren Auge sehen – Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Hegewisch, September 2016 – January 2017, no. 8, pp. 34 (ill.) & 75.
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