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The image depicts a man shown from the waist up. He has long, wavy hair, a full beard, and is dressed in an elaborate garment. He is holding a rectangular object with writing on it. The background is plain, with Latin inscriptions at the top and bottom of the image.
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The image depicts a man shown from the waist up. He has long, wavy hair, a full beard, and is dressed in an elaborate garment. He is holding a rectangular object with writing on it. The background is plain, with Latin inscriptions at the top and bottom of the image.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Albrecht Durer

Lucas Kilian

Date
1608
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 33.7 × 20.2 cm (13 1/4 × 7 15/16 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1950.14.373
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

NGA object ID 38011. 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.