Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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PAESANT COUPLE DANCING

1514

Sheet from the series “The Peasant cycle”

Monogram and date 1514

Copperplate engraving

116×74 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

First half of the 16th century

No watermark

Provenance:

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

Inv. Г-5212

Comments:

the impression is brownish, the plate is slightly scratched (М. 88 b)

Other impressions in the Museum collections:

1) Inv. Г-2165;

2) Inv. Г-3016

Both impressions are made on paper without watermarks, are dated to the middle of the 16th century, because the plate has already many scratches, is dirty, the lines are worn out