Emperor Maximilian I
1519
Artist, German, 1500 or before - c. 1536

Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 54.7 × 38.1 cm (21 9/16 × 15 in.)
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Accession
2015.191.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Meder 1932, no. 255, 4, State ii c/ii d
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection, Bavaria. (sale, Karl & Faber, Munich, 8 May 2015, no. 185); (via C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2015 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2022
The Renaissance in the North: New Prints and Perspectives, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2022.
Bibliography
1802
Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821: no. 153
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: no. 255, 4, ii c/ii d
Inscriptions
in center of image: IMPERATOR CAESAR / DIVVS MAXI MILIANVS / PIVS FELIX AVGVSTVS. (Emperor, Caesar, Divine Maximilian Pious Propitious August); across lower center below image: Der Teür Fürst Kayser Maximilianus ist auff den XII tag des Jenners seins alters im / lix Jar seligklich von dyser zeyt geschaiden. Anno domini 1519; lower right in image: AD (in monogram)
Watermarks
crowned arms with pinecone and HH (Meder 183, c. 1600)
Wikidata ID
Q77015623