Albrecht Dürer

Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I

Maker

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), printmaker

Title

Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I

Year

1518

Medium

Woodcut and letterpress on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Woodcut and letterpress on paper

Dimensions

Image: 41 x 32 cm (16 1/8 x 12 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered UC: "Imperator Caesar Diuus Maximilianus Pius Felix Augustus"

Watermark: Bavarian Arms (Meder watermark no. 198), ca. 1600

Identification

State

Variant 3, state ii/iii

Standard Reference Number

Meder 255, variant 3, state ii/iii (b).

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

2015.58.2

Type

Prints

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Tombstone

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), printmaker

Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I, 1518

Woodcut and letterpress on paper

Image: 41 x 32 cm (16 1/8 x 12 5/8 inches)

Anonymous gift 2015.58.2

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