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Landscape with a cannon: 22.I.3-116

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Landscape with a cannon
The great cannon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

16th Century
Production date: AD 1518

Note

Newly discovered third state, with rework in the upper left corner in the area of the monogram: monogram and edge of tree re-drawn and rust spots reduced.

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper ( Fleurs de Lys watermark similar to Meder 116 (c.1520))
Plate Height 218 mm Width 323 mm
Sheet Height 224 mm Width 329 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching
Surface tone

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1518
  • Location: Image upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: AD
  • Location: Image upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 22.I.3-116
Primary reference Number: 93896
Bartsch: 99
Illustrated Bartsch: 99
Illustrated Bartsch Commentary: .099 II/II
Meder: 96 (with rust spots)
Meder (watermark): 116 (similar)
Hollstein (German): 96 II/II
Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum: 85 (with rust spots b/c?)
Old location number: 35.10.7
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 28 September 2022 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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Landscape with a cannon" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/93896 Accessed: 2024-11-18 19:50:40

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