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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24166
People
Urs Graf, Swiss (Solothurn canton, Switzerland c. 1485 - 1527/28 Basel-stadt, Switzerland)
Title
Standard-Bearer: Fribourg Canton
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Standard Bearers of the Swiss Confederation (series of 16)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1521
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/192993

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 19 x 10.9 cm (7 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: VG [monogram cut in block]
  • inscription: block, lower center, incision, signed, in artist's hand: artist's monogram: VG, formed by a dagger, the line incised by its point and a spiral
  • inscription: printed from the block, lower left, incised, in artist's hand: FRIBVRG
  • inscription: lower left of mounting sheet, graphite, handwritten: 37. There is also a fragmentary inscription,apparently in the same hand, at the right indicating the attribution.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
C. & J. Goodfriend, New York, NY, sale to James A. Bergquist, 1998. James Goodfriend owned an old album page on which four prints from the series were mounted. He cut the page, sold one print, and then sold the other three to James A. Bergquist.
James A. Bergquist, Boston, MA, purchase from C. &. J. Goodfriend, 1998, sale to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999. (James Goodfriend). James Bergquist purchased three prints by Graf from the series: Friburg, Bern, Unterwalden, and gave HUAM 1st choice.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Hollstein 37

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
M24166
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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