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Siege of a fortress
1527
from Etliche underricht zu befestigung der Stett, Schloss und flecken (Several Instructions for the Fortification of Towns, Castles and Settlements) [Treatise on Fortification] by Albrecht Dürer, published by Hieronymus Andreae for Albrecht Dürer, Nuremberg, 1527
Medium
woodcut on 2 sheets of paper
Measurements
22.5 × 71.7 cm (image) 23.8 × 72.8 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 137
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) : AD (monogram)
stamped in grey ink on reverse l.l.c.: NATIONAL MUSEUM (in oval) (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; Lugt 1934)
stamped in grey ink on reverse l.r.c.: NATIONAL MUSEUM (in oval) (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; Lugt 1934)
inscribed in pencil on verse l.r.: T D Barlow
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: CD 136 / K.344/5
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: B 137
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: C.
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: 69 (?) 11 1903
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: N. G. Victoria
Accession Number
3604-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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