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Three Peasants in Conversation

Print
ca. 1497 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Dürer, Albrecht (artist)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (engraved)

Engraving


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
print
TitleThree Peasants in Conversation (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving print on paper
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
The Three Peasants, engraving by Albrecht Durer, German, ca. 1497
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 10.5cm
  • Plate width: 7.6cm
Style
Northern Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
'AD' (Artist's monogram at bottom middle)
Subject depicted
Peasants
Associated object
E.641-1940 (Version)
Bibliographic references
  • Strauss, Walter L., ed. The Illustrated Bartsch 10 (Commentary): Sixteenth Century German Artists, Albrecht Dürer. New York: Abaris Books, 1980. 328 p., ill. ISBN 089835000X. B.86, pp.191-194.
  • Tietze, Hans and Erika Tietze-Conrat. Kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke Albrecht Dürers. Vol. 1, Augsburg 1928; vol.2, Basel and Leipzig 1937; vol.3, Basel and Leipzig, 1938. No.141.
  • Heller, Joseph. Das Leben und die Werke Albrecht Dürer. Bamberg: 1827. Vols. 2 & 3 (vol. 1 was not published). No.948.
  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog: Ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna, 1932. No.87.
  • Dodgson, Campbell. Albrecht Dürer, Numerical Catalogue of the Engravings, Etchings, Dry-Points with Technical Details. London 1926. No.20.
  • Panofsky, Erwin. Albrecht Dürer. Princeton 1943. (Addenda in the editions of 1945 and 1948). No.193.
  • Strauss, W.L. The Intaglio Prints of Albrecht Dürer . New York, 1977. No.17.
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1930
Other number
B.86 - Le Peintre-Graveur
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.413-1930

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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