Two Sirens Holding the Coat of Arms of Willibald Pirckheimer, Miniature in an Incunabulum: Etymologium Magnum Graecum, Venice 1499

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Title	Two Sirens Holding the Coat of Arms of Willibald Pirckheimer, Miniature in an Incunabulum: Etymologium Magnum Graecum, Venice 1499
Material and technique	Pen and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white and gold
Object type	Book > Forms of information and communication > Utensil Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 435 mm Width 295 mm Thickness 63 mm
Artists	Draughtsman: Albrecht Dürer Author: Marcus Musurus
Accession number	MB 1940/B 2 (PK)
Credits	Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940
Department	Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date	1940
Creation date	in circa 1504
Material	Bodycolour > Gouache > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Bodycolour > Gouache > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Pen > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Watercolour > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Brown ink > Ink > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Book > Forms of information and communication > Utensil Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Technique	Highlight > Painting technique > Technique > Material and technique
Geographical origin	Germany > Western Europe > Europe

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