PrintsGerman16th century

Ulrich Varnbühler

1522

Artists

Albrecht DürerArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Chiaroscuro woodcut

Medium

Woodcut printed in black, and two shades of ochre ink on white antique laid paper, with added white gouache in the major highlights

Culture

German

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

block: 43 × 32.3 cm (16 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Horace M. Swope, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940

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