On former mount: Collector's mark of Ambrose Poynter (Lugt 161) Collector's mark of Thomas Banks (Lugt 2423) Collector's mark of Edward John Poynter (Lugt 874)
Thomas Banks (British); Lavinia Forster (British), daughter of the preceding, then by descent; Ambrose Poynter (British); Sir Edward John Poynter (British, born France); his sale, Sotheby's, London, April 24–25, 1918, lot 244 (£1110 to Douglas); Vendor: Robert Langton Douglas
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Campbell Dodgson "Vasari Society for the Reproduction of Drawings by Old Masters: part 6" (first series, 1905-15). The Vasari Society for the Reproduction of Drawings by Old Masters, London, 1910-1911.
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Sotheby's, London, sale April 25, 1918. Sotheby's, London, London, 1918.
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Frits Lugt Les marques de collections de dessins et d'estampes. Marques estampillés et écrites de collections particulières et publiques. Marques de marchands, de monteurs, et d'imprimeurs. Cachets de vente d'artistes décédés. Marques de graveurs apposées.... Amsterdam, 1921.
Friedrich Lippmann Zeichnungen von Albrecht Dürer in Nachbildungen. Edited by Friedrich Winkler, vol. 6, Berlin, 1927.
Hans Tietze, Erica Tietze-Conrat Kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke Albrecht Dürers. 2 Vols., Augsburg (v.1), Basel and Leipzig (v.2), 1928-1938.
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Erwin Panofsky Albrecht Dürer. 2 vols., Princeton, 1943.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution German Drawings. Masterpieces from Five Centuries. [Exhibition supplement]. May 10-Jun 10, 1956.
Lisa Oehler "Das 'geschleuderte' Dürer-Monogram." Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft. vol. 17, Marburg, 1959.
Jacob Bean 100 European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: New York Graphic Society, 1964.
Wolfgang Hütt Albrecht Dürer 1471 bis 1528: Das gesamte graphische Werk. Munich, 1971.
Charles W. Talbot, Jr., Gaillard F. Ravenel, Jay A. Levenson, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Dürer in America: His Graphic Work. Ex. cat. 1971.
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