Putto Riding a Hobby Horse

c. 1520

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

The image shows a cherubic figure standing in a dynamic pose on grass. The figure is holding a bow in its left hand and an arrow in its right hand. The cherub has curly hair around its face, small wings on its back, and is depicted in a classic artistic style. The background has horizontal lines for texture and depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 3.1 × 2.7 cm (1 1/4 × 1 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.412

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. e. 55, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1930; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 147.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. e. 55, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64952549

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