Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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Allegorical genre

KNIGHT, DEATH AND DEVIL

1513

First of the “Master prints”

Story:

Description of the Story

Monogram and date 1513

Copperplate engraving

245×188 mm

Handbooks:

B. VII, 98; M. 74; С. 69; TIB. X, 098

Impression in the Museum collections

First quarter of the 16^th century

No watermark

Provenance:

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

Inv. Г-5204

Comments:

one of the earliest impressions, black, rich, the background is clear, on the plate there are only two small scratches in the top (М. 74, а)

Copies:

Monogrammist S