The Letter "Y"
1467
Artist, German, active c. 1450 - active 1467

Artwork overview
-
Medium
engraving on laid paper
-
Credit Line
-
Dimensions
sheet (cut within platemark): 14.6 × 8.9 cm (5 3/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
-
Accession
1977.9.1
-
Catalogue Raisonné
Lehrs, Vol. 2, p.371, no. 304, State only
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Karl & Faber, Munich, sale 144, Nov. 25, 1976, no. 319); (David Tunick, New York); purchased by the NGA, 1976.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1984
Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1984.
1994
Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994.
Bibliography
1908
Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.
1998
Stogdon, Nicholas. Early Northern Engravings. England, 1998: under no. 9.
2000
Walsh, Judith. “The Use of Paper Splitting in Old Master Print Restorations.” Print Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 4, 2000, pp. 383–390.
Inscriptions
verso, bottom, in graphite by later hand: B.VI.51.m / Pass. II, 49, y / Lehrs 304
Markings
none
Wikidata ID
Q65575007