Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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WITCH RIDING BACKWARDS ON A GOAT

Circa 1500

With monogram (the letter D turned to the left)

Copperplate engraving

113×70 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

Middle of the 16th century

Second state with small retouching of the witch’s hair

No watermark

Provenance:

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

Inv. Г-5177

Comments:

the impression is grey, with small retouching of the witch's hair

Other impressions in the Museum collections:

Inv. Г-2149, made in the second half of the 16th century, from a more worn plate