id:			131200
accession number:	1953.9
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.9
updated:		2023-12-04 12:18:36.756000

Coat of Arms with a Skull, 1503. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Engraving; sheet: 22.2 x 15.9 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1953.9

title:				Coat of Arms with a Skull
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creation date:			1503
creation date earliest:		1503
creation date latest:		1503
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Germany, early 16th Century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Meder 1932, 98

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CREATORS

* Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 22.2 x 15.9 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
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	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower center, in plate: 1503 ; lower center, in plate: AD[in monogram] ; VERSO, lower right, in pen and brown ink: P. mariette 1667
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
	opening date:   1958-03-03T05:00:00
	<i>Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).

	title:		Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection
	opening date:   1965-05-06T04:00:00
	<i>Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965).

	title:		Old Master Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1966-07-29T04:00:00
	<i>Old Master Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).

	title:		Albrecht Dürer - 500th Anniversary
	opening date:   1971-02-19T05:00:00
	<i>Albrecht Dürer - 500th Anniversary</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 19-March 28, 1971).

	title:		Durer
	opening date:   1971-04-06T05:00:00
	<i>Durer</i>. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (organizer) (April 6-May 8, 1971).

	title:		Eight Masters of the Print
	opening date:   1980-10-14T04:00:00
	<i>Eight Masters of the Print</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 14, 1980-January 18, 1981).

	title:		Design and Decoration: Ornament Prints
	opening date:   1990-08-07T04:00:00
	<i>Design and Decoration: Ornament Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).

	title:		Dürer’s Women: Images of Devotion and Desire
	opening date:   2014-06-22T00:00:00
	<i>Dürer’s Women: Images of Devotion and Desire</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-September 28, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Pierre Mariette, 1667, Paris
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	Alfred Hubert, Paris
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	Pierre Mariette (1634-1716), Paris, inscription (Lugt 1789), verso, lower right, in pen and brown ink. Alfred Hubert (died 1908), Paris, stamp (Lugt 130), verso, lower left, in black. John Charrington (born 1856), Shenley, England, stamp (Lugt 572), lower right, embossed. purchased from (William H. Schab)
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