Rhinoceros
1515, Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ
Bartsch (relief) 136; Meder 273, I; Schoch, Mende, Scherbaum 241, first ed.
DIMENSIONS Block, with inscription: 23.5 x 30.1 cm (9 1/4 x 11 7/8 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER 68.247
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE Woodcut with letterpress
NOT ON VIEW
COLLECTIONS Europe, Prints and Drawings
CLASSIFICATIONS Prints
Inscription : Verso in graphite: 1st state, 1589, 6218ref, no. 176; bottom edge of mount in graphite: TRP. coll BM – 370, The Rhinocerus/(1st state), B.136, CD125, M273, K.299
Markings Verso bottom center and bottom right 2 brown ink stamps « Tomas Harris »
Verso black ink stamp « BRITISH MUSEUM 1589-1585 »
Verso brown ink stamp « BRITISH MUSEUM DUPLICATE » (Lugt 305) with pen & brown ink « A.E.P » at the center of the stamp
Provenance British Museum, duplicate (Lugt 302 and 305); to Tomás Harris (b. 1908 – d. 1964), London; to P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London; 1968, sold by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd. to the MFA Boston. (Accession Date: June 12,1968)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
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