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Head of a Young Man
Albrecht Altdorfer (German, about 1480–1538)
1507
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 × 2.5 cm (1 3/16 × 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number61.1295
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
The specificity of this image suggests that it is a portrait of a particular individual. Portrait prints of people other than the prominent and the famous were rare in the early sixteenth century, and there has been some speculation that this engraving might be a self-portrait or a portrait of the artist's brother.
Catalogue Raisonné
New Hollstein e.081; Bartsch 062; Winzinger 103; Waldmann 9a
ProvenanceWilliam Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1961, gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 20, 1961)