Albrecht DÜRER
Abduction of Proserpine on a unicorn
1516

Medium
etching on iron

Measurements
31.0 × 21.2 cm (image) 31.4 × 21.4 cm (plate) 32.8 × 22.8 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 72

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) c.r.: 1516 / AD (monogram)

Accession Number
3484-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Watermark Form
Anchor in a Circle

This watermark is Italian. Possibly Briquet 589 (found in documents dated 1519 in Udine, Italy and 1514 in Salzburg, Austria)

Completeness
complete

Chain Line Interval
30-31 mm

Laid Line Frequency
10 per cm

Placement and spacing of wires
53 x 11 [ 20 I 20 ] x 11

Wire Side
verso

Radiograph taken from
verso