Albrecht Dürer
Draftsman Drawing a Portrait
c. 1524
Physical Qualities
Woodcut, Sheet: 136 x 155 mm. (5 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Plate: 130 x 148 mm. (5 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the book 'Underweysung der Messung mit dem Zirckel und Richtscheyt (A Course in the Art of Measurement with Compass and Ruler),' by Albrecht Dürer, Nürnberg, 1525
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs in Memory of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number
1943.32.163
The artist is standing at a table looking through a viewfinder, his arm outstretched to a glass pane placed between him and the subject. The artist draws on the glass, and the viewfinder steadies his position so the perspective does not change through the course of the drawing. Later the image is traced or measured for transfer to paper or canvas.
J.V. Novak (Lugt 1949); Riggs
Susan Dackerman et al., The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Book Arts in the Age of Durer,' Oct. 15, 2000-Jan. 21, 2001
BMA.
In the Artist's Studio: Works on Paper from the Collection, Sept 15, 2005 - Feb 27, 2005.
BMA.
In the Artist's Studio: Works on Paper from the Collection, Sept 15, 2005 - Feb 27, 2005.
