Little Fortune
c. 1496
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 (trimmed to plate mark): 12.3 × 6.5 cm (4 13/16 × 2 9/16 in.)
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Accession
1943.3.3461
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Catalogue Raisonné
Meder, no. 71
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (Lugt 1934 and Lugt 1982); (sale, Hollstein & Puppel, Berlin, May 6-8, 1929, no. 248); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1929
Engravings by Albrecht Durer from the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald of Philadelphia, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1929, no. 31.
1971
Albrecht Dürer: The Early Graphic Works, Princeton University Art Museum, NJ, 1971, no. 3, repro.
1990
Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 138, repro.
1997
Love and War: A Manual for Life in the Late Middle Ages, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998-1999.
2000
Fortune: "All is But Fortune", The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., 2000, no. 50.
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.
1990
Russell 1990, cat.no.138.
2001
Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 1: no. 5.
Inscriptions
in plate, bottom center: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: B78; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 28 [upside down]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: L4 [?]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: H.831; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: (78) [?]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 69; verso, bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: 248
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q18338500