Abduction of Proserpine

Albrecht Dürer1516

Details

Title: Abduction of Proserpine
Creator: Albrecht Dürer
Date Created: 1516
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate on cloud: monogram and date
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1939
Materials & Techniques: Etching on iron on laid paper. Watermark: Anchor in circle, M. 171
Keywords: mythology, nudes, unicorns
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 310 mm x 210 mm (12.2 in. x 8.27 in.).
Bibliography: Bartsch 72; Joseph Meder 67, without rust marks (though they do appear; watermark matches “without…” category); P. 179; Campbell Dodgson 83
Associated People: Created by Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)
Accession Number: 1939.D1.126

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