The Letter "Y", 1467

Not on View

engraving on laid paper

sheet (cut within platemark): 14.6 × 8.9 cm (5 3/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

Lehrs, Vol. 2, p.371, no. 304, State only

1977.9.1

Master E.S. (artist) German, active c. 1450 - active 1467

verso, bottom, in graphite by later hand: B.VI.51.m / Pass. II, 49, y / Lehrs 304

none

(Karl & Faber, Munich, sale 144, Nov. 25, 1976, no. 319); (David Tunick, New York); purchased by the NGA, 1976.

Tunick, Inc., David

1994: Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994.

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.