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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R875
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Crucifixion with Three Angels
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1513
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/242461

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper, darkened to tan
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 58.6 × 42.3 cm (23 1/16 × 16 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Note: the texts below were entered prior to examination of the print on 04/03/2023, without explanation of where they were found. They are not on the print. Presumably they were transcribed from Randall's original mount, where many of his inscriptions were found.: JWR: very scarce
    JWR(?): Albertus Durerus inv et fecit
  • inscription: lower left corner within the borderline, graphite: VII 48[?]: 58 Crucifix and angels[illeg.]
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: DrB Petzold [Joseph Benjamin Petzold (Lugt 2024)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: SC [not in Lugt; it is possible the S is another letter]
  • inscription: verso graphite: 58
  • watermark: similar to Meder 204-206, Nuremberg shield: crowned shield
  • inscription: lowerbright, above borderline, graphite: B. 58
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 875 [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
Meder ii/iid
Edition
c. 1600
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 58, Meder 182

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R875
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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