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The great courier

The great courier
(c. 1490)

Medium
engraving

Measurements
10.0 × 11.1 cm (image and sheet)

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

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 81

Accession Number
3495-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Watermarks

Watermark Form
High Crown (Briquet 5021)
 

Briquet 5021 (found in documents dated 1553 in Eichstatt, 1562 in Basle, Germany and 1569 in Wiesbaden, Germany). This watermark is German.

Completeness
partial

Chain Line Interval
25 - 28 mm

Laid Line Frequency
11 per cm

Placement and spacing of wires
? X 23 [3 I 26 I 3] x?

Wire Side
verso

Radiograph taken from
verso