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Title:
Witch riding backwards on a goat Object 1
Collection Title: Baillieu Library - Poynton Collection
Accession Number: 1959.2088.000.000
Creator: Dürer, Albrecht
Place of birth: Germany
Creation Date: (c.1500)
Object Category: print
Medium:
engraving
Material:
paper
ink
Description: engraving, printed in black ink.
Technique:
intaglio
State: unknown state
Edition Notes: later 19th century printing or facsimile by Charles Amand-Durand.
Dimensions:
Type Height Width Depth Diameter Unit (Lengths) Weight Unit (Weight)
image 11.2 7 cm
sheet 12.2 7.8 cm
Inscription: signed on plate, bot.c.r. "AD (in reverse) [monogram]"
Other Inscriptions: verso, collector's stamp of Charles Amand-Durand [L.2934], red ink. inscribed on former mount, bot. c., typed: "Albrecht Duerer, 1471-1528 [1471-1528 underlined] (German) - The witch. ca.1507."; l.r. corner, pencil: "943.02/ D853/a29.";
Catalogue Raisonne: Bartsch 67
Credit Line: Baillieu Library Print Collection, the University of Melbourne. Gift of Dr J. Orde Poynton 1959.
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