Albrecht Dürer the Elder
Portrait of Dürer the Elder, half-length to right, wearing light cloak lined with black fur open at front and black cap with ear-flaps turned up, with hands crossed in wide sleeves; after Albrecht Dürer
Artwork Details
- Title: Albrecht Dürer the Elder
- Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Artist: After Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)
- Sitter: Albrecht Dürer tthe Elder (Hungarian, Ajtós near Gyula, ca. 1427–1502 Nuremberg)
- Date: 1644
- Medium: Etching; second state of two
- Dimensions: Plate: 8 3/4 × 6 1/4 in. (22.3 × 15.9 cm)
cut outside the image and letters but within the platemark - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.3.184
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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