Poynter Apollo

Albrecht Dürer  (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)

Period:
16th century
Date:
1501–3
Medium:
Pen and brown and black ink.
Dimensions:
8 5/8 x 5 11/16 in. (21.9 x 14.5 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William H. Osborn, 1963
Accession Number:
63.212
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: Monogram inscribed in pen and grey ink at lower center: AD

    Inscription: Verso, bottom right, in graphite: 63.212 Mount, bottom right, in graphite: 63.212

    Marking: Verso, bottom right: MMA seal

  • Provenance

    Sir Edward John Poynter (British (born France), Paris 1836–1919 London); Sotheby's, London, April 24–25, 1918, lot 243 (to Colnaghi); Donor: Mrs. William H. Osborn

  • References

    Hans Tietze "Dürer in America" Art Bulletin. 15, no. 1, New York, March 1933, fig. no. 2, ill.

    Christopher White Dürer: The Artist and His Drawings. New York, 1971, cat. no. under no.34, p. 100.

    Christopher White "'An Oriental Ruler on his Throne' and 'The Entombment': Two New Drawings by Albrecht Dürer" Master Drawings. no.4, XI, 1973, p. 371.

    Walter L. Strauss The Complete Drawings of Albrecht Dürer. New York, 1974, cat. no. 1501/8, fig. no. 1501/8, p. 582, ill.

    Charles W. Talbot, Jr. "Recent Literature on Drawings by Dürer" Master Drawings. XIV, No.3. 1976, p. 294.

    Eric Zafran "Cherchez la Femme. Letter from New England" Apollo. no.199, CVIII, 1978, fig. no. 2, p. 200, ill.

    Cara D. Denison, Helen Bobritzky Mules, Jane V. Shoaf, The Morgan Library & Museum European Drawings 1375-1825. New York, 1981, cat. no. under no.32, p. 58.

    Fedja Anzelewsky, Hans Mielke Albrecht Dürer. Kritischer Katalog der Zeichnungen. Berlin, 1984, cat. no. under no.31, p. 33.

    Jeffrey Chipps Smith, Blanton Museum of Art Sept.2-Oct.16, 1983, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas Nov.7-Dec.31, 1983, University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, California Feb.15-March 18, 1984 Nuremberg, a Renaissance City, 1500-1618. Austin, 1983–1984, cat. no. under no.11, p. 104.

    John Rowlands, Giulia Bartrum The Age of Dürer and Holbein German Drawings 1400-1550. Cambridge, New York, New Rochelle, Melbourne, Sydney, 1988, cat. no. under no. 51, p. 78.

    John Rowlands Drawings by German Artists and Artists from German-Speaking Regions of Europe in the Department of Prints and Drawings... in the British Museum. The Fifteenth Century, and Sixteenth Century by Artists Born before 1530. The British Museum, I, London, 1993, cat. no. under 156, pp. 74-75.

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, p. ix, fig. 2, ill.



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