WILLIBALD PIRCKHEIMER
1524
Monogram and date MDXXIV
Inscription:
Bilibaldi pirkeymheri effigies aetatis suae anno LIII Vivitur ingenio caetera mortis erunt MDXXIV AD (Willibald Pirckheimer's portrait at the age of 53. The life will dwell in the talent, all the rest is frail 1524 AD)
183×113 mm
Handbooks:
Impression in the Museum collections
Between 1524 and 1528
First state, before retouching
Watermark:
a small coat of arms of Nuremberg
Provenance:
State Hermitage;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1862;
in the Museum since 1924
Inv. Г-2185
Comments:
the impression is dated by watermark (М. 103, с)
Other impressions in the Museum collections:
1) Inv. Г-5228, on paper with a watermark: small coat of arms of Nuremberg (М. 208; Br. 918; 1570–1590);
2) Inv. ГЗ-3159, on paper without watermarks, the impression is thin, not clear
Both made in the late 16th century
