The Bagpiper

print by Albrecht Dürer
VisualArtwork copper_engraving_print Q18338470
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Summary

The Bagpiper is a copper engraving print[1]. It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Albrecht Dürer[3]
  • Maintained by: Drawings and Prints[4]
  • Movement: German Renaissance[5]
  • Genre: genre art[6]
  • Depicts: bagpiper[7]
  • Made from material: paper[8]
  • Collection: National Gallery of Art[9], Prints in the National Gallery of Art[10], Rosenwald Collection[11], British Museum[12], Albertina[13], Graphische Sammlung der ETH[14], Graphic Art Collection of the City of Nuremberg[15], Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum[16], Metropolitan Museum of Art[17], Victoria and Albert Museum[18], Clark Art Institute[19], Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum[20], Rijksmuseum[21]
  • Inventory number: 1943.3.3527[22], E,2.142[23], DG1930/1430[24], DG1930/1542[25], D 7739[26], St.N. 02192[27], Gr.A. 12870[28], ADürer AB 3.144[29], ADürer WB 3.145[30], 19.73.103[31], E.4617-1910[32], 1993.6[33], 1949-100-21[34], RP-P-OB-1258[35]
  • Location: National Gallery of Art[36]
  • Commons category: Dürer intaglio print (Bartsch 091)[37]
  • Country of origin: Germany[38]
  • Catalog code: 91 (Grav. Cuivre)[39], 90[40]
  • Inception: January 1, 1514[41]
  • Described at URL: https://sempub.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/duerer.online/en/wisski/navigate/35149/view[42], https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:22-dtl-0000084603[43], https://www.wga.hu/html_m/d/durer/2/13/4/076.html[44]
  • Location of creation: Nuremberg[45]
  • Title: Bagpiper[46]
  • Height: 11.6 cm[47]
  • Width: 7.4 cm[48]
  • Fabrication method: copper engraving technique[49]
  • IIIF manifest URL: https://www.nga.gov/api/v1/iiif/presentation/manifest.json?cultObj:id=6645[50]
  • Copyright status: public domain[51]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . British Museum Collection. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . sempub.ub.uni-heidelberg.de. sempub.ub.uni-heidelberg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . kk.haum-bs.de. kk.haum-bs.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Victoria and Albert Museum online catalogue. collections.vam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . clarkart.edu. clarkart.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . collection.cooperhewitt.org. collection.cooperhewitt.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . rijksmuseum.nl. rijksmuseum.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . British Museum Collection. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . sempub.ub.uni-heidelberg.de. sempub.ub.uni-heidelberg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . heidicon.ub.uni-heidelberg.de#. heidicon.ub.uni-heidelberg.de#. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . kk.haum-bs.de. kk.haum-bs.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . kk.haum-bs.de. kk.haum-bs.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Victoria and Albert Museum online catalogue. collections.vam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . clarkart.edu. clarkart.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . collection.cooperhewitt.org. collection.cooperhewitt.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . rijksmuseum.nl. rijksmuseum.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Bartsch's Le Peintre Graveur. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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