Albrecht Altdorfer
Mucius Scaevola Burning His Hand
1519-1529
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 64 × 39 mm. (2 1/2 × 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.3222
One from an untitled series of four prints. The other prints in the series are Judith with the Head of Holofernes (NewH. e.1), Horatius Cocles Leaping into the Tiber (NewH. e. 35), and Dido Killing Herself 1946.112.3223, NewH. e.48). Garrett collection contains two out of the four in the series: 1946.112.3222 and 1946.112.3223.
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in plate monogram "AA". Verso: upper center in graphite "Altdorfer / B 40"; center in graphite diamond with "594"; lower right in graphite indecipherable inscription
Markings: CM: Claghorn, Garrett
