Hieronymus Wierix

Melencolia I (nach Albrecht Dürer)
Lot ID
Lot 430
Live auction
Artist
Hieronymus Wierix
c. 1553 – Antwerp – 1619
Further information
Bartsch 74, copy A; Alvin 1576; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1556; Ruyven-Zeman/Leesberg (New Hollstein) 2000.
Provenance
Unidentified, initial "MW" in black ink verso (not in Lugt).
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Description
A good impression, with fine detail throughout; a small margin around the borderline on three sides, trimmed to it at the lower edge. The engraved inscription on lower margin trimmed. – With abrasions at the upper edge. A few barely visible stains; traces and remnants of a former mount on the reverse; otherwise in good condition.