The Little Courier
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): 10.7 × 7.7 cm (4 3/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
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Accession
1943.3.3456
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Catalogue Raisonné
Meder, no. 79
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d) from the Print Club of Philadelphia, 1930; 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. 6.
1971
Albrecht Dürer: The Early Graphic Works, Princeton University Art Museum, NJ, 1971, no. 38, repro.
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. 10.
Inscriptions
in plate, bottom center: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, center, in graphite by a later hand: MH6 [?]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: P. 1818 8/1; verso, center left, in graphite by a later hand: 87; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B.80; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: C.10034; verso, bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: 13; verso, bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: o/ [?]
Markings
none
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q64952602