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The Cannon

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

Print depicting a man in Turkish costume surveying a cannon, which is perched on a hillside above a seaside village.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Arms & Armour
Object type
Print
TitleThe Cannon (popular title)
Materials and techniques
etching on paper, from an iron plate
Etching
Brief description
'The Cannon', etching, Albrecht Dürer, Germany, 1518
Physical description
Print depicting a man in Turkish costume surveying a cannon, which is perched on a hillside above a seaside village.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.5625in (Note: taken from departmental notes)
  • Width: 12.75in (Note: taken from departmental notes)
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
1518 / AD

Note
date and artist's monogram at upper left corner
Subjects depicted
Cannons (Artillery)
Soldiers
Bibliographic references
  • Bartsch, Adam, Le Peintre-Graveur. Vienna, 1803-1821. No.99
  • Dodgson, Campbell, The Masters of Engraving and Etching: Albrecht Dürer. London, 1926. No.86
  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog: Ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna, 1932. No.96
  • Panofsky, Erwin. The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer. Volume II, Princeton, 1943. No.206
  • 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
  • Bindewald, Maik. An Undiscovered State of Albrecht Dürer's Large Cannon. Chicago, 'Art in Print', Volume 5, Number 5, 2016.
Other number
B.99 - Le Peintre-Graveur
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.579-1940

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Record createdDecember 8, 2005
Record URL
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