Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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THE TEMPTATION OF THE IDLER – THE DREAM OF THE DOCTOR

Circa 1498

With monogram

Copperplate engraving

187×118 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

Late 16th century

No watermark

Provenance:

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

Inv. Г-3011

Comments:

the impression is grey, thin, in some places the strokes are almost non-existent

Other impressions in the Museum collections:

Inv. Г-2119, on paper without watermarks. The quality of this impression is much better but parts of the sheet itself are missing