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The Abduction
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
1516
Medium/Technique
Etching on iron
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.7 × 21.5 cm (12 1/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number68.208
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 072; Meder 67 (I/II), before rust marks
Signed
Signed and dated in plate, in cloud upper right: 1516/[Dürer's monogram]
Marks
Watermark: anchor in a circle with star above [needs further investigation]; verso, collector's stamp in black ink, a double-borderd circle with the initials: Y.W. [Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg; Lugt 2669]; collector's stamp in brown ink: Tomás Harris [Lugt 4921]; MFA stamp (Lugt 282) with accession number in graphite: 68.208; in graphite: 567
ProvenanceGraf Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (b. 1805 - d. 1865; Lugt 2669), Klein Oels, Silesia (now Poland); by inheritance to his son, Graf Paul Yorck von Wartenburg; by inheritance to his son Graf Heinrich Yorck von Wartenburg. Tomás Harris (b. 1908 - d. 1964), London. 1968, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London; 1968, sold by Colnaghi to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1968)