About this artwork
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.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Wenceslaus Hollar
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Title
- Albrecht Dürer
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Place
- Bohemia (Artist's nationality)
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Date
- Made 1645
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Medium
- Etching on ivory laid paper
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Dimensions
- Image: 19.4 × 15.8 cm (7 11/16 × 6 1/4 in.); Plate: 22.5 × 22.3 cm (8 7/8 × 8 13/16 in.); Sheet: 22.9 × 18.2 cm (9 1/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Morris Woolf
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Reference Number
- 1941.437
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/41684/manifest.json
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