Albrecht DÜRER
The rhinoceros
1515

Medium
woodcut

Measurements
21.2 × 30.0 cm (image) 23.6 × 30.0 cm (image and text) 23.8 × 30.6 cm (sheet)

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

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 136

Edition
1st edition

Inscription
incised (in image) u.r.: 1515 / RHINOCERVS / AD (monogram)

Accession Number
3603-4

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
30-32 mm

Laid Line Frequency
10 per cm

Placement and spacing of wires
53 x 10 [ 20 I 21 ] x 11

Wire Side
verso

Radiograph taken from
recto