Albrecht Dürer

Prints and Drawings

1645

Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607-1677)
after Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)

Here Wenceslaus Hollar reproduced an Albrecht Dürer self-portrait painting (now in the Prado, Madrid) as an etching in reverse. In 1498, at the age of 26, Dürer depicted himself as a gentleman artist at the height of his creative prowess. On a diplomatic trip through Dürer’s hometown of Nuremberg in 1636, the Earl of Arundel received the painting as a gift for King Charles I of England. Hollar made the etching from the original for Arundel, who was his major patron.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Title: Albrecht Dürer
Origin: Bohemia
Date: Made 1645
Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 194 × 158 mm (image); 225 × 223 (plate); 229 × 182 mm (sheet)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Morris Woolf
Reference Number: 1941.437
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