Willibald Pirckheimer

1524

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This image features a bust portrait of a man, depicted from the shoulders up in profile. The man has distinct facial features, including a prominent nose, full lips, and deep-set eyes. His curly hair is styled in a voluminous manner, framing his face. He is wearing a garment with a fur-lined collar, and below the portrait is a rectangular frame with an inscription in Latin. The background of the image is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of C.G. Boerner, LLC

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut to platemark): 10.8 x 11.2 cm (4 1/4 x 4 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.105.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 103, State Id/IIb

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alfred Morrison [1821-1897], London and Fonthill (Lugt 151); Julian Marshall [1836-1903], London (Lugt 1494); Carl Hirschler, [1871-1941], Haarlem (Lugt 633a); (C. G. Boerner, Inc., London); gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 6.

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 1: no. 99.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: BILIBALDI PIRKEYMHERI EFFIGIES / AETATIS SVAE ANNO LIII / VIVTVR INGENIO CAETERA MORTIS / ERVNT / MDXXIV AD [artist's monogram]; verso, top left, in graphite by a later hand:19; verso, lower left, in ink by a later hand: 13/30 [?]; verso, lower left, in ink by a later hand: [illegible, possibly collector's mark]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: A 106 [?]; verso, bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: 382; verso, bottom center, in ink by a later hand: 148; verso, bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: 2005.105.1

Watermarks

castle (Meder 263)

Wikidata ID

Q76335416

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