The early sixteenth century marked the height of the “Dürer Renaissance,” during which the artistic master’s initials were so famous that their duplication by other artists was recognized as a crime. Though this relief follows a composition by Dürer and is marked with his monogram, it was made after his death and falsely monogrammed and backdated, perhaps to satisfy the demand of the affluent collectors who competed to acquire his works. Indeed, this relief may be identical to a “female nude cut in stone by AD” in the 1607–11 inventory of Emperor Rudolf II’s Kunstkammer in Prague.
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Birkenstock ; Brentano ; Eugen Felix (until 1886; Felix sale, Casino, Cologne, October 25, 1886, no. 884); Charles Stein , Paris ; Thomas Gibson Carmichael (until 1902; his sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, May 12–13, 1902, no. 19; sold to Durlacher Brothers); [ Durlacher Brothers , London and New York, until May 12, 1902; sold for £600 to Morgan ]; J. Pierpont Morgan , London and New York (1902–17; to MMA)
London. Burlington Fine Arts Club. "Exhibition of Early German Art," 1906.
Nuremberg. Germanisches Nationalmuseum. "Albrecht Dürer, 1471–1971," May 21–August 1, 1971.
Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Museum of Art. "Dürer's Cities: Nuremberg and Venice," September 19, 1971–October 17, 1971.
Frankfurt. Liebighaus Museum alter Plastik. "Dürers Verwandlung in der Skulptur zwischen Renaissance und Barock," November 1, 1981–January 17, 1982.
Stadtgeschichtliche Museen Nürnberg. "Dürer Medaillen: Münzen, Medaillen, Plaketten von Dürer, auf Dürer, nach Dürer," 1983.
Nuremberg. Albrecht Dürerhaus Stiftung. "Dürer Medaillen: Münzen, Medaillen, Plaketten von Dürer, auf Dürer, nach Dürer," 1983.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Relative Values: The Cost of Art in the Northern Renaissance," August 7, 2017–October 7, 2019.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Relative Values: The Cost of Art in the Northern Renaissance," October 7, 2019–February 24, 2021.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Relative Values: The Cost of Art in the Northern Renaissance," February 24, 2021–January 23, 2022.
Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)
1511
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