Albrecht Dürer the elder, father of the painter, aged 70. Etching by W. Hollar, 1644, after A. Dürer.

[Antwerp?] : [Hendrick van der Borcht the younger?], 1644.

1 print : etching ; image 19.4 x 15.9 cm

1497 Albrecht Thurer der elter VI id. alt. 70 Jor. Nobili et magnifico D.no Dno. Johanni Maximiliano zum Jungen, nobilissimae & florentissimae reipublicae Francofurtensis ad Moenum consuli seniori etc.: domino & patrono suo maximo; gratitudinis ergo (has duas) patris et filii Durerum effigies, ab Alberto juniore olim depictas, & nunc a Wenceslao Hollar Bohemo aqua forti aeri insculptas. Henricus van der Borcht junior hunillimae [i.e. humillime] offert et dedicat, anno 1644. Albertus Durerus pinxit. W: Hollar fecit.

Forms a pair with an etching by Hollar of a self-portrait of Albrecht Dürer the younger (Wellcome Library no. 33447i)

Wellcome Collection 2863643i