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lower left, on fictive sheet of paper, in plate: (To whom the Apollonian gods bestowed their gifts, the man whom learned Athena nourished at her own breast. Such a man you see here, with his visage and comely hair. He lived for fifty-six years. / On the image of Albrecht Dürer. [translation from Bartrum, Giulia (ed). "Albrecht Dürer and his Legacy," exh. cat., British Museum, London, 2002, no.14, pp. 87-88.])

Bibliography

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Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

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