Albrecht Dürer
1471-1528
Constructed Head of a Man in Profile. Verso: Head of a Man in Profile
ca. 1512-1513
9 9/16 x 7 7/16 inches (244 x 188 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash on paper; verso: pen and brown ink with traces of lead point, and squaring in red ink.
I, 257b
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by the artist on verso, across neck, "4-7 teill"; inscribed by a later hand [von Lanna?] at lower right, "Samml[un]g Mitchell. / London. / Lippm. I, No. 88".
Watermark: Trident with a circle.
Watermark: Trident with a circle.
Associated names
Mitchell, William, former owner.
Lanna, Adalbert Franz Josef, Freiherr von, 1836-1909, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Lanna, Adalbert Franz Josef, Freiherr von, 1836-1909, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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