Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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ORIENTAL FAMILY

Circa 1496

With monogram

Copperplate engraving

108×7×77 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

Early 16th century

No watermark

Provenance:

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

Inv. Г-5164

Comments:

the impression is black; the plate is slightly scratched (M. 80, c)

Other impressions in the Museum collections:

Inv. Г-2101, on paper with a watermark: a flower – the top part of the Gothic P (M. 321; Br. 8680; 1500–1504). This impression has generally a grey tone and thin strokes, permitting to classify it as a subsequent to the Inv. Г-5164