The Little Courier

c. 1496

Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 10.7 × 7.7 cm (4 3/16 × 3 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3456

  • 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


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