Melencolia I

ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528) Melencolia I engraving, 1514, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine Meder IIa impression, printing with great clarity and strong contrasts, the figure's face printing darkly, with several fine scratches at the lower subject indicative of early impressions, trimmed inside the platemark, retaining a fillet of blank paper in places, otherwise trimmed to the borderline, the sheet very thinly backed, in good condition Sheet 239 x 185 mm.