Witch Riding Backwards on a Goat, Accompanied by Four Putti
Albrecht Dürer
(German, 1471–1528)
about 1500–01
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 11.5 × 7.1 cm (4 1/2 × 2 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard
Accession number25.1138
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ProvenanceProbably bought about 1859 by Domingo Guillermo de Arozarena (in Paris about 1859 - 1861; Lugt 109), South America, Paris, Cuba; probably sold March 11-16 or May 27-28, 1861, sale of his collection, expert Clément, Paris. Arkady Nicolayervitch Alferoff (or Olferoff, b. 1811 - d. 1872; Lugt 1727), Russia, Bonn, and Paris; probably sold May 10-13, 1869, sale of his collection, Montmorillon'schen Kunsthandlung, Munich, direction Joseph Maillinger. Francis Bullard (b. 1862 - d. 1913), Boston; by gift or inheritance from Francis Bullard to his cousin Miss Ellen Twistleton Bullard (b. 1865 - d. 1959), Boston; November, 1925, her gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 1, 1925)
