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JOHANNES WIERICX (after Dürer)

Adam and Eve

.

Engraving, 1566. 245x192 mm; 9

3

/

4

x7

5

/

8

inches.Trimmed on or just inside the plate mark.

A good, evenly-printed and dark impression of this scarce engraving with good contrasts.

Mauquoy-Hendrickx 54.

[2,000/3,000]

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JOHANNES WIERICX (after Dürer)

Melencolia I

.

Engraving, 1602. 240x187 mm; 9

3

/

8

x7

3

/

8

inches, thread margins. A good, well-inked

impression of this scarce engraving, with the artist’s engraved signature and date (usually

trimmed) in the lower margin. Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1556.

[2,000/3,000]

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ALBRECHT DÜRER (after)

Knight, Death and the Devil

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Engraving, circa 1600. 240x185 mm; 9

1

/

2

x7

1

/

4

inches, thread margins. A very good, dark

and richly-inked impression with strong contrasts.

After the same-titled engraving by Dürer (Bartsch 98, see lot 30).

[3,000/5,000]

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