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1945

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2015

2024

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Print, Covered goblet with a winged ball on the top

This is a Print. It was created by Albrecht Altdorfer. It is dated ca. 1520-1525 and we acquired it in 1945. Its medium is etching on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.

Its dimensions are

17.9 × 10 cm (7 1/16 × 3 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Engraved, in the frieze, on top of the body: AA

Cite this object as

Print, Covered goblet with a winged ball on the top; Albrecht Altdorfer (German, ca. 1480–1538); Germany; etching on laid paper; 17.9 × 10 cm (7 1/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane; 1945-6-9

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