Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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THREE PEASANTS IN CONVERSATION

Circa 1497

Sheet from the series “The Peasant cycle”

With monogram

Copperplate engraving

106×7×75 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

Middle of the 16th century

No watermark

Provenance:

N. Basnin’s collection;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1918;
in the Museum since 1924

Inv. Г-5165

Comments:

the impression is grey, thin, but the outlines are thick enough (М. 87, с)

Other impressions in the Museum collections:

Inv. Г-3015, on paper, made in the second half of the 16th century, from a strongly worn plate

Plate:

since 1865 in Russia (present location is unknown)