print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1895,0122.732
- Description
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Illustration to the work on measurement, showing an interior where an artists is drawing a pitcher with the help of a special measuring apparatus, with letterpress and another illustration underneath and letterpress on the verso. 1525
Woodcut and letterpress
- Production date
- 1525
- Dimensions
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Height: 234 millimetres (printed area)
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Height: 83 millimetres (woodcut)
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Width: 217 millimetres (printed area)
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Width: 217 millimetres (woodcut)
- Curator's comments
- This illustration occurs in Dürer's 'Underweysung der Messung mit dem Zirckel und Richtscheyt', not in the first publication of 1525 but in that of 1538.
Dodgson notes that the sheet has a watermark: Ha.37
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2009: Sept-Dec, Warwickshire, Compton Verney, The Artist's Studio
2010 Feb-May, Norwich, Sainsbury Centre Visual Arts, The Artist's Studio
2014 Feb-May, London, National Gallery, 'Strange Beauty'
- Acquisition date
- 1895
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1895,0122.732
