Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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Religious genre, Images of Saints, Saint John Chrysostom

THE PENANCE OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

Circa 1496

With monogram

Copperplate engraving

181×118 mm

Handbooks:

B. VII, 63; M. 54; С. 10; TIB. X, 063

Impression in the Museum collections

Middle of the 16^th century

No watermark

Provenance:

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

Inv. Г-5161

Comments:

the impression is brownish-black, the plate has vertical stretches, is dated between 1533 and 1600 by Meder. The impression kept in the Museum is, apparently, one of the earlier ones among the prints of that period (M. 54, e)

Other impressions in the Museum collections:

Inv. Г-2098, on paper without watermarks, the impression is grey, made in the second half of the 16^th century from a worn plate