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

Albrecht Dürer, 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.

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Title of artwork, date

Study for the etching of the 'Angel with the Sudarium', 1500–1528

Date supported

1951

Medium and material

Pen & ink

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