PrintsGerman15th-16th century

The Witch

c. 1500

Artists

Albrecht DürerArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened, damaged, and repaired

Culture

German

Century

15th-16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 11.3 × 6.9 cm (4 7/16 × 2 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

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