Nemesis

Albrecht Dürer
Germany
1471 – 1528

Nemesis
c 1502
engraving on paper
Place made
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Medium
engraving on paper
Dimensions
33.6 x 23.2 cm (plate)
Credit line
V.B.F. Young Bequest 1996
Accession number
966G74
Signature and date
Signed, in plate, l.r. "AD" in monogram. Not dated.
Provenance
J. von Trentinaglia, probably Austrian, acquired in 1857; K.E. von Liphart (1808-1891) of Dorpat, Bonn and Florence (Lugt 1687) A. Vasel (1848-1910) from near Jerxheim, Germany (Lugt 191); Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, Germany (duplicate stamp) (Lugt sup. 291b) to whom Vasel bequeathed his substantial collection, and from whom current owners probably acquired it; Estate of an American woman, whose family acquired it over forty years ago; purchased by the Gallery from Paul McCarron, New York
Catalogue raisonne
B.77; M.72 (intermed. state between IIb and c); Holl/G 72b; S.E.37; TIB vol. 10, p.172, .077 (S2, between b and c)
Media category
Print
Collection area
European prints

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