Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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THE BAGPIPER

1514

Monogram and date 1514

Copperplate engraving

116×74 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

Early 16th century

No watermark

Provenance:

State Hermitage;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1862;
in the Museum since 1924

Inv. Г-2166

Comments:

one of the earliest impressions, a rich one; the plate is intact (М. 90, а)

Other impressions in the Museum collections:

Inv. Г-2167, on paper without watermarks, from an extremely worn plate; made in the middle of the 16th century