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Siege of a fortress

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)
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
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display