The Fable of the Hermit and His Ass, between 1500 and 1540

  • Hans Burgkmair, German, 1473-1531
  • Hans Leonard Schäufelein, German, 1480-1540

Woodcut printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Image: 3 1/2 × 13 5/8 inches (8.9 × 34.6 cm) Sheet: 3 5/8 × 13 3/4 inches (9.2 × 34.9 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S202.A

Stamp, in blue, verso: Franz Baumgartner (?) (Lugt 2827)

Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [numeric notations]

Franz Baumgartner? (Vienna, Austria)

September 1887, C.J. Meyer (Carlsbad). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Hans Leonard Schäufelein; after Hans Burgkmair, The Fable of the Hermit and His Ass, between 1500 and 1540, woodcut printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S202.A.