Willibald Pirckheimer
1524
Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (cut to platemark): 10.8 x 11.2 cm (4 1/4 x 4 7/16 in.)
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Accession
2005.105.1
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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