Provenance

Adolphe-Narcisse Thibaudeau

French, 1795 - 1856

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Albrecht Dürer, An Eastern Ruler Seated on His Throne, c. 1495, pen and black ink on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1972.22.1.b

An Eastern Ruler Seated on His Throne

Albrecht Dürer · c. 1495 · pen and black ink on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1972.22.1.b

A crowned, bearded man sits facing us on a throne, and he holds a sword and orb in this vertical drawing, which was made using black ink on parchment-colored paper. A three-peaked, jeweled crown nestles in a twisted turban on the man’s head. He faces us but his eyes look to our right, and he has a long, hooked nose and flowing hair and beard. A band of ornate jewels could be a collar resting over his shoulders and on his chest, or it could be that the edge of his robe is elaborately decorated. His robe has voluminous, flowing long sleeves and his garment is decorated with bands of jewels and fringe at the shoulders, hem, and down the front. His left hand, on our right, rests on a round orb about the size of an orange, and he holds the hilt of a jewel-encrusted sword upright with his other hand so the tip of the sword rests on the ground. The artist signed the work with his initials at the bottom center: “AD.”
Albrecht Dürer, An Eastern Ruler Seated on His Throne, c. 1495, pen and black ink on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1972.22.1.a

An Eastern Ruler Seated on His Throne

Albrecht Dürer · c. 1495 · pen and black ink on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1972.22.1.a