Albrecht DÜRER
Coats of arms of the German Empire and Nuremberg
1521
for the frontispiece of Reformation of the City of Nuremberg (Reformacion der Stat Nüremberg), published 1522

Medium
woodcut

Measurements
24.6 × 16.8 cm (image) 25.2 × 17.0 cm (sheet)

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

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 162

Edition
proof

Inscription
incised (in image) u.c.: SANCTA / IUSTICIA / .1521.

Accession Number
3618-4

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
Bull's Head with Caduceus (Meder 67)

Meder 67

Completeness
partial

Chain Line Interval
27-29 mm

Laid Line Frequency
11 per cm

Placement and spacing of wires
? X 22 [5 I 54 I x 6

Wire Side
verso

Radiograph taken from
verso