An Allegory of Pride, 1506

Not on View

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (cut within platemark): 9.9 x 7.5 cm (3 7/8 x 2 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. e. 52, State only

Accession Number

2007.126.1

Artists / Makers

Albrecht Altdorfer (artist) German, 1480 or before - 1538

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in image: 1506 / AA [in monogram]

Provenance

Stiglmeier Collection, 1856 (Lugt 2315a). Unidentified collector G. P. (Lugt 1189a). probably Dr. Gottfried Eissler (Lugt 805b). Probably E. A. Seasongood. R.H. Zinser, then by inheritance; (N.G. Stogdon, Islip, UK); purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Boerner, C.G., Mr.
Eissler, Gottfried Dr.
Seasongood, E. A.
Stiglmeier
Zinser, Richard H.

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1963: Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963.

1996: The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. e. 52, state only.