print
- Museum number
- 1909,0612.28
- Description
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Head of Albrecht Dürer in profile looking to the left. 1588
Woodcut
- Production date
- 1588
- Dimensions
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Height: 295 millimetres (image only)
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Height: 297 millimetres
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Width: 294 millimetres (with text)
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Width: 360 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Lit: G. Bartrum, 'Albrecht Dürer and his Legacy', exh cat. London, British Museum, 2002-3, no.13.
Entry from 'Dürer and his Legacy' cat:
" In this copy of Schön's print, Andreani has added Dürer's monogram and his coat of arms in heraldic shields in the upper corners of the print, and signed it with an AA monogram in imitation of Dürer's own. The German text in gothic script above,'Portrait of Albrecht Dürer in his 56th year' and the prominent Italian inscription below, 'Andrea Andreani of Mantua cut this print in1588 in Siena' give the print an obviously reverential feel. Andreani was an Italian designer of woodcuts and printer who specialised in the production of chiaroscuro prints during the second half of the sixteenth century. He also acquired earlier blocks and re-issued them. Dürer' works, especially his religious prints, were immensely popular and widely copied well into the sixteenth century in Italy, particularly by Florentine artists of the period (see cat. nos. 203, 205,206), so a print such as this would have had an obvious appeal."
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1909
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1909,0612.28