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Albrecht Dürer
Hercules at the crossroads (c. 1498)
engraving
32.3 × 22.3 cm (image) 32.7 × 22.7 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Hercules at the crossroads
(c. 1498)
Medium
engraving
Measurements
32.3 × 22.3 cm (image) 32.7 × 22.7 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 73
Edition
2nd state
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: AD (monogram)
inscribed in pen and brown ink on reverse u.l.c.: F. Gawet 1805. (Franz Gawet; Lugt 1070)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: rum(?)
stamped in blue ink on reverse l.l.: A. Posonyi (in circular stamp) (Alexander Emil Posonyi; Lugt 2041)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.c.: N. G. Victoria
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.c.: B73
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: T. D. Barlow.
inscribed in pen and brown ink on reverse l.r.c.: F. D. 1840. (François Debois; Lugt 985)
Accession Number
3485-4
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
Watermarks
Watermark Form
High Crown (Meder 20 and Briquet 4899)
Meder 20, Briquet 4899 (found in documents dated 1501-03 in Bergamo, Italy). This watermark is Italian.
Completeness
complete
Chain Line Interval
36 mm
Laid Line Frequency
11 per cm
Placement and spacing of wires
141 x 9 [ 26 I 26 ] x 9
Wire Side
recto
Radiograph taken from
verso