Willibald Pirckheimer (1470-1530)
1524
7 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. (18.4 x 11.7 cm)
Albrecht Dürer
German
(Nuremberg, Germany, 1471 - 1528, Nuremberg, Germany)
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Engraving
Credit Line:
Gift of the children of Clinton Rogers, February, 1956; Mrs. Joseph Roby, Mrs. Sidney Roby, Miss Helen Rochester Rogers, and Mr. Rochester Rogers
Accession Number:
1956.75
Location: Not currently on view
Willibald Pirckheimer, a wealthy German lawyer, was a prominent political and literary figure in Dürer’s home city of Nuremberg. The two were close friends, and Dürer made several portraits of him.