Study for the etching of the 'Angel with the Sudarium'

Albrecht Durer (1471 - 1528)

British Museum

1500 - 1528

Previously unknown drawing by Durer. Part of an album of drawings belonging to Lord James Cavendish MP (d 1741), son of the second Duke of Devonshire (1665-1729), founder of the great collection of drawings at Chatsworth. The collection of drawings form an interesting relic of the great age of collecting in England.

• Medium: pen & ink
• ArtFunded in: 1951

Provenance

Collection of Lord James Cavendish

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