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Head of a Young Man
Head of a Young Man

Head of a Young Man

Albrecht Altdorfer (German, about 1480–1538)
1507
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 3 × 2.5 cm (1 3/16 × 1 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number61.1295
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Description
The specificity of this image suggests that it is a portrait of a particular individual.  Portrait prints of people other than the prominent and the famous were rare in the early sixteenth century, and there has been some speculation that this engraving might be a self-portrait or a portrait of the artist's brother.
ProvenanceWilliam Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1961, gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 20, 1961)