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Print, Portrait of Bernard Knipperdolling, A Chief of the Anabaptists of Münster

This is a Print. It was print maker: Heinrich Aldegrever. It is dated 1536. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of George Campbell Cooper. It is credited Bequest of George Campbell Cooper.

Its dimensions are

31.7 × 22.7 cm (12 1/2 × 8 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark

It is signed

Monogram of Aldegrever over subject's shoulder, right.

It is inscribed

In margin, above, two lines: "WAERHAFTICH GEKONTERFET BERNT KNIPPERDOLLICK..." In tablet below: "IGNOTVS NVLLIS KNIPPERDOLLINGIVS... VITA FORET HINRICVS ALDEGREVER.... 1536"

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Print, Portrait of Bernard Knipperdolling, A Chief of the Anabaptists of Münster; Print Maker: Heinrich Aldegrever (German, 1502 - ca. 1561); Germany; engraving on paper; 31.7 × 22.7 cm (12 1/2 × 8 15/16 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-88

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