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Five naked figures around a burning candlestick, Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer

Five naked figures around a burning candlestick

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Albrecht Dürer

Five naked figures around a burning candlestick, 1516

Blatt: 257 x 206 mm

Inventory Number: 697

Object Number: 697 Z

Acquisition: Acquired in 1846 in Vienna

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

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Title: Five naked figures around a burning candlestick

Draughtsman

Albrecht Dürer

Period Produced

16th century

School

Renaissance

Object Type

drawing

Material

Technique

pen drawing

Geographic Reference

Franconian

Production Reason

study

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Monogrammiert und datiert unten links auf dem Postament: 1516 / AD

Captions Added Later: Unten links Trockenstempel der Sammlung Thomas Lawrence, London (Lugt 2445); verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark: Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues: Strauss III.1624.1516/1
Panofsky 1948.II.97.941
Winkler III.81.667

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13.05.2026