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The Sea Monster
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
about 1498
Medium/Technique
Engraving, counterproof
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.9 × 19.2 cm (9 13/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with a Centennial gift from Landon T. Clay
Accession Number68.184
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 071; Meder 66 (Ik/k - counter-proof in Boston)
DescriptionAccording to Meder, this counterproof was printed about 1570, well after Dürer's death.
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: [Dürer's monogram]
Marks
Watermark: bunch of grapes with stem and the letter AP (Meder 130); verso, collector's stamp in black ink: CDG [Christian David Ginsburg; Lugt 1145]; collector's stamp in brown ink: Tomás Harris [Lugt 4921]; MFA stamp (Lugt 282) with accession number in graphite: 68.184
ProvenanceDr. Christian David Ginsburg (b. 1831 - d. 1914; Lugt 1145), Palmer's Green, England. Tomás Harris (b. 1908 - d. 1964; Lugt 4921), London. 1968, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. (dealer), London; 1968, sold by Colnaghi to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1968)