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Landscape with Cannon (The Great Cannon), 1518. Etching in black on ivory laid paper.

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Etching in black on ivory laid paper · Image/plate: 21.9 × 32.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title
Landscape with Cannon (The Great Cannon)
Artist
Albrecht Dürer German, 1471-1528
Date
1518
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 21.9 × 32.4 cm (8 5/8 × 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 22.2 × 32.7 cm (8 3/4 × 12 7/8 in.)
Credit line
Edna Wilhelmine Rose Fund
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1471–1528

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Landscape with Cannon (The Great Cannon) · Albrecht Dürer, 1518
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