Landscape with a town on the border of a lake: AD.5.22-123

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Landscape with a town on the border of a lake

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Altdorfer, Albrecht

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

Measurements and weight

Height: 118 mm
Width: 163 mm

Relative size of this object

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1520 : Date according to Winzinger

School or Style

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper ( chainlines vertical (36/38mm))

Techniques used in production

Inscription or legends present

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

Text: 123
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Graphite
Type: Inscription

Text: 72
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.5.22-123
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Stamped black ink
Type: Fitzwilliam Museum mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.5.22-123
Primary reference Number: 30261
Bartsch: 72
Winzinger: 180
New Hollstein (German): 89
Old location number: 37.2.4b
Lugt: 2475
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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 town on the border of a lake" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30261 Accessed: 2023-01-27 05:24:49

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            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30261
            |title=Landscape with a town on the border of a lake
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-01-27 05:24:49|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

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