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Bittern's Wings: study showing both sides

In the manner of Albrecht Dürer  (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)

Former Attribution:
Formerly attributed to Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)
Date:
1515
Medium:
Watercolor on vellum.
Dimensions:
4 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (11.5 x 13.0 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1919
Accession Number:
19.184

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  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: Inscribed with monogram and dated in pen and brown ink at upper center: 1515 AD

  • Provenance

    Charles Sackville Bale (British, 1791–1880); Charles Elliot Norton (Cambridge, Massachsetts); Vendor: Charles Elliot Norton (Cambridge, Massachsetts)

  • References

    Hans Tietze, Erica Tietze-Conrat Kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke Albrecht Dürers. 2 Vols., Augsburg (v.1), Basel and Leipzig (v.2), 1928-1938, cat. no. A 394, fig. no. A 394, v.2: pp. 133, 26, ill.

    Hans Tietze "Dürer in America" Art Bulletin. 15, no. 1, New York, March 1933, pp. 259-260.

    Friedrich Winkler Die Zeichnungen Albrecht Dürers. I-IV, Berlin, 1936, cat. no. Vol.2, XIV, fig. no. XIV, ill.

    Erwin Panofsky Albrecht Dürer. 1-2, Princeton, 1943, cat. no. 1306, Vol. 2; 128.

    Walter L. Strauss The Complete Drawings of Albrecht Dürer. New York, 1974, cat. no. 8, Vol.2; 1102, ill.

    Colin Eisler Dürer's Animals. Washington and London, 1991, cat. no. 3.28, fig. no. 3.28, pp. 71; 340, no., ill.



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