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Nemesis, or "The Large Fortune"
Nemesis, or "The Large Fortune"
Object number1941.1.43

Nemesis, or "The Large Fortune"

Date1501-1502
Artist (German, 1471-1528)
CultureGerman
MediumEngraving on cream laid paper
DimensionsImage: 13 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (33.34 x 23.18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg and her children
On View
On view
Period16th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned: AD
MarkingsWatermark: high crown (Meder 20)
Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 77; Meder 72; Tietze 196; Panofsky 184; Strauss 37; Dodgson 33BibliographyLimouze, Dorothy and Susan Kuretsky. The Felix M. Warburg Print Collection: A Legacy of Discernment. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.: The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 1995. Bartsch 77; Meder 72; Dodgson 33; Tietze 196; Panofsky 184; Strauss 37; Limouze 13ProvenanceCollections: Felix M. and Frieda Warburg, New York
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition History"Master Printmakers: Albrecht Dürer and the Renaissance in Germany," Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 21 December 1991 - 15 March 1992.

"Realism and Invention in the Prints of Albrecht Durer," The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 1 November - 11 December 1995; Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT, 11 January - 12 February 1996.

Poughkeepsie, New York, FLLAC "Albrecht Durer: Impressions of the Renaissance", 14 November 2009- 24 December 2009
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email loebcollections@vassar.edu
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