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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R878
People
Unidentified Artist
After Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Nativity
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/242120

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on tan antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 17.7 × 11.7 cm (6 15/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
sheet: 18.8 × 12.7 cm (7 3/8 × 5 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: transcribed from original mount, in John Witt Randall's hand: Nativitas Albertus Dürer inv. et fecit 1504
  • inscription: on tablet at upper right, engraved original artist's monogram and date printed in black ink: 1504 / AD
  • watermark: [elaborate illegible armorial]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 878 [number on a dotted line] [Lugt 2130]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
reverse copy
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 2, Meder 2, Strauss 42

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R878
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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