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The Monstrous Sow of Landser

Engraving
ca. 1496 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Durer (artist)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (engraved)

Engraving


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Engraving
TitleThe Monstrous Sow of Landser (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving print on paper
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
The Monstrous Pig; engraving by Albrecht Dürer
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.8cm
  • Width: 12.5cm
Style
Northern Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
'AD' (Artist's monogram at bottom middle)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Alice G. E. Carthew
Subject depicted
Pigs
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. No.95, pp.212.
  • Heller, Joseph. Das Leben und die Werke Albrecht Dürer. Bamberg: 1827. Vols. 2 & 3 (vol. 1 was not published). No.1019.
  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog: Ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna, 1932. No.82.
  • Dodgson, Campbell. Albrecht Dürer, Numerical Catalogue of the Engravings, Etchings, Dry-Points with Technical Details. London 1926. No.8.
  • 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.110.
  • Panofsky, Erwin. Albrecht Dürer. Princeton 1943. (Addenda in the editions of 1945 and 1948). No.202.
  • Strauss, W.L. The Intaglio Prints of Albrecht Dürer . New York, 1977. No.10.
  • Bartrum, Guilia, ed. Albrecht Dürer and his Legacy - The Graphic Work of a Renaissance Artist / with contributions by Günter Grass, Joseph L. Koerner and Ute Kuhlemann. London: The British Museum Press, 2002. 320 p., ill. ISBN 0714126330. No.43, p.112.
  • Hollstein, F.W.H. German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, c.1400-1700. Volume VII. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1954-. No.82.
  • Schoch, R., M. Mende and A. Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer. Das Druckgraphische Werk. Band I: Kupferstiche, Eisenradierungen und Kaltnadelblätter. Munich, London, New York, 2001. No.8.
Other number
B.95 - Le Peintre-Graveur
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.650-1940

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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