Lot 262
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The knight, death and the devil.
WIERIX, Johannes. After Albrecht Dürer
€ 1.000 / 1.200
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Lot description
Antwerp, 1564
Engraving, 24,1 x 18,5 cm, laid paper, signed and dated in plate "AE 15" (trimmed sl.short, within the borderline).
Stuck by upper corners under passe-partout. Fine, dark and uniform impression.
A reverse copy of Wierix of Dürer's most famous print, part of the so-called "Meisterstiche". The print is a reflection on the vanities and temporality of life.
Ref. Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1484. - New Hollstein (The Wierix family) VII:1996.
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