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The image depicts a person kneeling with their torso slightly bent backwards, looking up. The person has detailed facial features, shoulder-length hair, and is dressed in flowing robes. The background is plain in sepia tone with multiple borders framing the figure.
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The image depicts a person kneeling with their torso slightly bent backwards, looking up. The person has detailed facial features, shoulder-length hair, and is dressed in flowing robes. The background is plain in sepia tone with multiple borders framing the figure.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Crouching Apostle (Saint Peter)

Adam von Bartsch, after a drawing formerly attributed to Albrecht Dürer

Date
1785
Medium
etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 26.1 x 25 cm (10 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 43.5 x 35.9 cm (17 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2011.86.1
Credit line
Gift of Jane Tarleton Smith Moore
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Hofbibliothek zu Wien (Court Library in Vienna)

Subjects and terms

  • Seated figure
  • Man
  • Frame
Inscription

lower left in plate: Alb: Durer del:; lower right in plate: A. Bartsch sc: 1785

NGA object ID 154660. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.