Albrecht Dürer
The Cannon

CultureGerman
Titles
  • The Cannon
Date1518
PlaceGermany
MediumEtching
DimensionsPlate: 8 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (21.6 × 31.8 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 12 3/4 in. (21.6 × 32.4 cm)
Frame: 16 5/8 × 20 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (42.2 × 52.3 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1998.1
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Plains of Mars: European War Prints, 1500-1825," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Millennium Gallery, February 1 - April 26, 2009.
Catalogue raisonnéB. 99 M., Holl. 96 S.M.S. 85

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