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Abduction of Proserpine
Albrecht Dürer1516
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
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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