Mucius Scaevola Burning His Hand

c. 1520/1530

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

The image shows a nude individual with a cloth around the waist, reaching out towards a fire burning in a bowl on a pedestal. The individual wears a decorated helmet with feathers and has a focused expression. The background features swirling lines and patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 6.6 × 3.9 cm (2 5/8 × 1 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.409

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. e. 49, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albertina, Vienna (duplicate, Lugt 5g). purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 157, state ii/ii, a.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. e. 49, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64952546

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