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Albrecht Dürer

The Large Horse,

Maker

  • Albrecht Dürer

Title

The Large Horse

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Engraving on laid paper,
  • trimmed along platemark

Techniques

  • Engraving on laid paper,
  • trimmed along platemark

Supports

  • Light weight laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 16.6 x 11.8 cm (6 9/16 x 4 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered within image, UC: "1505"; and LR: "AD"

Verso: collector's mark of Karl Eduard von Liphart, Bonn and Florence (1808-1891; Lugt 1687); collector's mark of Franz von Hagens, Dresden (1817-1899; Lugt 1052a)

Inscribed in graphite, centre: "Paris 1775 Mariette"; and LL: "P13278"

Identification

State

Only state

Standard Reference Number

Meder 94

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

30.025

The Large Horse

The Brilliant Line

Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650
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Lettered within image, UC: "1505"; and LR: "AD"

Verso: collector's mark of Karl Eduard von Liphart, Bonn and Florence (1808-1891; Lugt 1687); collector's mark of Franz von Hagens, Dresden (1817-1899; Lugt 1052a)

Inscribed in graphite, centre: "Paris 1775 Mariette"; and LL: "P13278"

Meder 94
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

From Dürer to Van Gogh

June 5 - October 26, 2008

Helen M. Danforth

June 21 - September 8, 1985

Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference

December 15, 1965 - January 9, 1966

German Renaissance Graphics from the Museum's Collection

November 28, 1961 - January 7, 1962

German Etchings and Engravings

April 30 - June 9, 1953
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