The Small Courier
Albrecht Dürer
(German, 1471–1528)
about 1496
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 10.8 x 7.7 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with a Centennial gift from Landon T. Clay
Accession number68.182
On View
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ProvenanceArkady Nicolayevitch Aleroff (or Olferoff; b. 1811 - d. 1872; Lugt 1727), Bonn and Paris. John Malcolm (b. 1805 - d. 1893; Lugt 1489), Poltalloch, Scotland and London; by inheritance to his son, John Wingfield Malcolm (b. 1833 - d. 1902), Poltalloch; 1895; Malcolm Collection purchased from him by the British Museum; sold as a duplicate by the British Museum. Tomás Harris (b. 1908 - d. 1964), London. 1968, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. (dealers), London; 1968, sold by Colnaghi to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1968)Tomás Harris (b. 1908 - d. 1964), London. 1968, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London; 1968, sold by Colnaghi to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1968)
