Landscape with a double spruce: AD.5.22-128

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Landscape with a double spruce

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Altdorfer, Albrecht

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

Measurements and weight

Height: 110 mm
Width: 160 mm

Relative size of this object

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Circa 1517 - 1519

Note

Printed on ?mould side of paper. Slight sketch in red chalk on verso, subject unidentified.

School or Style

Materials used in production

Red chalk
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper ( chainlines vertical)
Recto
Verso

Inscription or legends present

Text: AA
Location: Image upper left
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Monogram

Text: 128
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Graphite
Type: Inscription

Text: 69
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.5.22-128
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Stamped black ink
Type: Fitzwilliam Museum mark

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.5.22-128
Primary reference Number: 30249
Bartsch: 70
Winzinger: 178
New Hollstein (German): 88
Old location number: 37.2.3a
Lugt: 2475
Stable URI

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

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Landscape with a double spruce" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30249 Accessed: 2023-02-09 07:45:14

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            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30249
            |title=Landscape with a double spruce
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-02-09 07:45:14|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

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