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Albrecht Dürer

The Four Witches,

Maker

  • Albrecht Dürer

Title

The Four Witches

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving,
  • trimmed within platemark

Techniques

  • engraving,
  • trimmed within platemark

Supports

  • Light weight laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 19.1 x 13.2 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered within image UC: "1497 O. G. H."; and LC: "AD"

Verso: collector's mark of Vinzent Mayer, New York and Freiburg (1831-1918); Lugt 2525)

Identification

State

Only state

Standard Reference Number

Meder 69 (e)

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mr. Henry D. Sharpe

Object Number

49.127

The Four Witches

The Brilliant Line

Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650
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Lettered within image UC: "1497 O. G. H."; and LC: "AD"

Verso: collector's mark of Vinzent Mayer, New York and Freiburg (1831-1918); Lugt 2525)

Meder 69 (e)
Only state

Publications

The Brilliant Line

Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650
Read Online

Exhibition History

The Brilliant Line

September 18, 2009 - January 3, 2010

German Renaissance Graphics from the Museum's Collection

November 28, 1961 - January 7, 1962
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