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The Small Courier, c. 1496. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper.
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper · Image: 10.7 × 7.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Small Courier
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer German, 1471-1528
- Date
- c. 1496
- Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 10.7 × 7.7 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/16 in.); Sheet: 11 × 8 cm (4 3/8 × 3 3/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1471–1528
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.