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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R815NA
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
The Fourth Knot
Other Titles
Title: Knot with Seven Circular Interlaces, a Black Center, and Four Appendages at the Corners
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1506
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/242034

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper, darkened and foxed
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 26.9 × 21 cm (10 9/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: cut into the center black area and so prints as white: AD [monogram]
  • watermark: Meder watermark 219: double eagle
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: 6 p[?]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 143
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite, the stamp applied twice, once in the area of the printing once below it, with the number written in i=below that: JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / 815 N. A. [see Lugt 2130]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder ii b/c
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 143, Meder 277

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, John Witt Randall Fund
Object Number
R815NA
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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