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Identification and Creation

Object Number
6.1965
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Apocalypse
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1497-1498
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/238178

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 39.1 × 28.2 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: recto, center: Gottfried Geisler
  • inscription: at lower edge, to left of center, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp: GOTTFRIED / EISSLER [within a rectangular borderline] [Gottfried Eissler (Lugt 805b)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
proof before text
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 64, Meder 167

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from the Collection of Edouard Sandoz
Object Number
6.1965
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/02/2018 - 02/19/2018; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2018 - 05/06/2018; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/20/2018 - 03/04/2018; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/05/2018 - 03/25/2018; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/26/2018 - 04/08/2018; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/09/2018 - 04/23/2018; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/23/2018 - 05/06/2018

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