THREE PUTTI WITH TRUMPETS, SHIELD, AND HELMET
Circa 1500
Story:
With monogram
114×70 mm
Handbooks:
Impression in the Museum collections
Early 16th century
First state before the retouching of the left putto’s wings
Watermark:
a head of a bull with a five-petal flower
Provenance:
P. Sevastyanov’s collection;
N. Basnin’s collection;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1918;
in the Museum since 1924
Inv. Г-5176
Comments:
the impression is dated by watermark (M. 99, a)
Other impressions in the Museum collections:
1) Inv. Г-3009, on paper with a watermark: a head of a bull with a five-petal flower (М. 62–64, Br. 14.881–14.883, 1441–1481) (a fragment). Dürer used this type of paper until 1519. The plate is partly worn, permitting to classify this impression as subsequent to Inv. Г-5176;
2) Inv. Г-2148, on paper without watermarks, from an extremely worn plate. A late 16th century impression
