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The Austrian Saints: P.3446-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Austrian Saints

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1515

Note

2nd edition. The first edition only depicts six saints whereas this one shows eight. There are no columns of verse underneath the image as in the editions described in The Illustrated Bartsch.

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Image Height 175 mm Width 364 mm

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.3446-R
Primary reference Number: 99799
Bartsch: 116
Illustrated Bartsch: 116 (140)
Illustrated Bartsch Commentary: .316
Meder: 219
Hollstein (German): 219 II
Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum: 237
Old location number: 36.2.31
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 2 November 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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