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Albrecht Dürer the Elder

(Bohemian (active in Germany, Netherlands, England), 1607–1677)
(German, 1471–1528)
1644
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsPlatemark: 22.7 x 16.6 cm (8 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 29 x 21.6 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP13059
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed upper left to upper right: 1497. ALBRECHT THVRER. DER . ELDER . VI ID. ALT 70 JOR; lower left to lower right, below image: NOBILI ET MAGNIFICO D.NO DNO IOHANNI MAXIMILIANO/ZUM JUNGEN, Nobilifsima & Florentifsima Reipublica Francofurtenfis ad Moenum Confuli/Seniori etc. Dno & Patrono fus maximo; Gratitudinis ergo, (has duas) Patris & Fily Durerum Effi-/gies, ab Alberto Iuniore olim depicitas, & nunc a Wenceflao Hollar Bohémo Aqua forti aeri ins/fculptas, Henrious van der Borcht Iunior hunillimæ offert et dedicat, Anno, 1644.; lower left: Albertus Durerus pinxit
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)