Sol Iustitiae ("Sun of Righteousness")
c. 1499/1500
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): 10.6 × 7.6 cm (4 3/16 × 3 in.)
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Accession
1943.3.3484
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Catalogue Raisonné
Meder, no. 73
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Alfred Morrison [1821-1897], London and Fonthill (Lugt 151); possibly owned by Brayton Ives [1840-1914]; (M Knoedler and Co., NY); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1930; gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
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. 23.
Inscriptions
in plate, bottom center: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: Coll [?] [erased]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: Brayton Ives [collector]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 41; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B79; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: 7; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: NR [?] 27254
Markings
in graphite, on verso: Brayton Ives Coll[?]
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q18338511