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Madonna and Child with Cradle and a Bagpiper on Horseback

Drawing
ca.1512 (Drawn)
Artist/Maker
Dürer, Albrecht (artist)
Place of origin
Germany (drawn)

Man on horseback playing the bagpipes; His horse slowly walking towards the right; also a study of the Virgin suckling the Christ Child on the left in the corner at bottom.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleMadonna and Child with Cradle and a Bagpiper on Horseback (published title)
Materials and techniques
pen and brown ink on paper
Pen
Brown Ink
Paper
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing; Madonna and Child with Cradle and a Bagpiper on Horseback; Albrecht Dürer; German School; c.1512.
Physical description
Man on horseback playing the bagpipes; His horse slowly walking towards the right; also a study of the Virgin suckling the Christ Child on the left in the corner at bottom.
Dimensions
  • Height: 267mm
  • Width: 190mm
Style
German School
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
1512 AD (The Dürer monogram and date are most likely a later addition.)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Bequeathed by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, 1869.

Provenance: Imhoff, Denon (Lugt 779), Dyce.
Marked with a V&A drystamp

In 1588 this drawing was inventoried as “Ein Sackpfeiffer uf einem Esel” in the collection of Willibald Imhoff (1519-1580) of Nuremberg. Imhoff's drawings by Dürer came directly from the art'st's heirs.
After 1588, the drawing was part of the Imperial collections, until 1805 or 1809 when it appeared in the collection of Baron Vivant Denon. After his death in 1825, the drawing entered the collection of the Rev. Alexander Dyce, by whom it was bequeathed to the Museum in 1869.


Historical context
A undated hand-written note on the reverse on the paper on which the drawing is mounted reads: ‘Mr M. Peartree says this is absolutely genuine. The drg. is on a thin paper with the Nuremberg watermark + has been mounted on modern paper’.

Sidney Montagu Peartree (b. 1862) was Co-editor with of the Dürer Society volumes.

Subjects depicted
Man
Horse
Bagpipes
Virgin Mary
Jesus Christ
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Winkler, F., Die Zeichnungen Albrecht Dürers, Berlin, 1938, Vol. III 1510-1520, Cat.522
  • Strauss, W.L., The Complete Drawings of Albrecht Dürer, Vol. III 1510-1519, New York, 1974, p.1310, Cat. 1512/7, illus
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.362

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Record createdSeptember 18, 2009
Record URL
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