The head of an angel in ecstasy. Line engraving by A. Sadeler, 1598, after A. Dürer, 1506.

  • Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.
Date:
MDXCVIII [1598]
Reference:
2863610i
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Description

The head is similar to that of the sole angel at the feet of the Virgin in the painting by Albrecht Dürer called the Virgin of the Rose garlands, in which the Virgin and Fhrist Child are crowning the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor. The angel is playing the lute

Publication/Creation

[Prague?], MDXCVIII [1598]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 35.9 x 22.7 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Albertus Durer almanus fecit anno MDVI. Egidius Sadeler scalpsit anno MDXCVIII

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2863610i

Reproduction note

After a drawing in the same direction by Dürer acquired by the Emperor Rudolf II in 1588, and subsequently in the Albertina, Vienna (inventory no. 3099)

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