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St Catharine: AD.5.22-107

Current Location: In storage

Titles

St Catharine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Altdorfer, Albrecht

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 62 mm
Width: 41 mm

Relative size of this object

4.1 m6.2 m What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

Production date: AD 1506 : Dated 1506

Note

Printed on ?felt side of paper. Drawing in graphite of the front end of a dog on verso

School or Style

German

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper ( chainlines vertical)
Verso composed of graphite

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1506
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: AA
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: 107
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: N. 257 / Heineken
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Stamped black ink
  • Type: Fitzwilliam Museum mark
  • Text: AD.5.22-107
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Stamped black ink
  • Type: Fitzwilliam Museum mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.5.22-107
Primary reference Number: 29237
Winzinger: 98
New Hollstein (German): 29
Old location number: 37.1.5c
Lugt: 2475

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 23 September 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "St Catharine" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29237 Accessed: 2023-04-02 10:20:28

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