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Broadside on a rhinoceros: P.3762-R

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Broadside on a rhinoceros
Rhinocerus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Collection of Rev. Thomas Kerrich

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward

Dating

16th Century
Production date: AD 1515

Note

First edition: with five lines of text along upper edge.

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Verso

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.3762-R
Primary reference Number: 177389
Bartsch: 136
Illustrated Bartsch: 136
Illustrated Bartsch Commentary: 1001.336
Meder: 273
Hollstein (German): 273a
Old location number: 36.2.43
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 17 April 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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