Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

THE BEHEADING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST

1510

Monogram and date 1510

Woodcut

194×130 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

1510s

Watermark:
a high crown

Provenance:

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

Inv. Г-2372

Comments:

one of the first impressions, clear, with nine birds in the sky (М. 231, a)

Other impressions in the Museum collections:

1) Inv. Г-118585, on paper without watermarks. The impression is grey, many strokes are missing, two birds are partly depicted; it was made in the late 16th – early 17th century (М. 231, i, k);

2) Inv. Г-2373, on paper without watermarks. In this impression there are no birds at all, the plate has important gaps; it was made in the 17th century (М. 231, k)