Object number1941.1.30

Hercules at the Crossroad

Datec. 1498

Artist Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)

CultureGerman

MediumEngraving on cream laid paper

DimensionsImage: 12 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. (32.4 x 22.5 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg and her children

Period16th c

Classification(s)

SignedSigned: AD

MarkingsWatermark: small jug (Meder 158)

Catalogue raisonnéBartsch73; Meder 63; Panofsky 180; Strauss 24BibliographyLimouze, 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 73; Meder 63; Panofsky 180; Strauss 24; Limouze 12ProvenanceCollections: Felix M. and Frieda Warburg, New York

Vassar Exhibitions

Albrecht Dürer: Impressions of the Renaissance

Exhibition History"Master Printmakers: Albrecht Dürer and the Renaissance in Germany," Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 21 December 1991 - 15 March 1992.

Poughkeepsie, New York, FLLAC "Albrecht Durer: Impressions of the Renaissance", 14 November 2009- 24 December 2009

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