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The Cannon

Print
1518 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dürer, Albrecht (artist)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (engraved)

Print, engraving of a cannon


Object details

Categories
Prints
Arms & Armour
Object type
Print
TitleThe Cannon (popular title)
Materials and techniques
etching print on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Etching
Brief description
The Cannon by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528); etching on iron; 1518
Physical description
Print, engraving of a cannon
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 21.5cm
  • Plate width: 31.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'1518 / AD' (Date and artist's monogram inscribed at top left)
Subjects depicted
Warfare
Cannons
Soldiers
Landscapes
Place depicted
Nuremberg
Associated object
CIRC.951-1926
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.99, pp.220-221.
  • Strauss, W.L. The Complete Drawings of Albrecht Dürer. 6 volumes. New York, 1974. 1517/18.
  • Dodgson, Campbell. Albrecht Dürer, Numerical Catalogue of the Engravings, Etchings, Dry-Points with Technical Details. London 1926. No.86.
  • Hollstein, F.W.H. German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, c.1400-1700. Volume VII. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1954-. No.96.
  • Rowlands, J.K. The Graphic Work of Albrecht Dürer: An Exhibition of his Prints and Drawings in Commemoration of the Quincentenary of his Birth. London: British Museum, 1971. Exhibition catalogue. No.237.
  • Bartrum, Giulia. German Renaissance Prints 1490-1550. London: The British Museum Press, 1995. 240 p., ill. ISBN 0714126047. No.40.
  • 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.186, p.233.
Other number
B.99 - Le Peintre-Graveur
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.355-1892

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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