Harvard Art Museums > R872: Hercules Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Hercules (Albrecht Dürer) , R872,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 09, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/242463. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number R872 People Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg) Title Hercules Classification Prints Work Type print Date c.1496 Places Creation Place: Europe, Germany Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/242463 Physical Descriptions Medium Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened and soiled Technique Woodcut Dimensions block: 38.5 × 27.7 cm (15 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: lower edge, centered, woodcut artist’s monogram printed in black ink : AD inscription: top edge, centered, in a banderoll, woocut printed in black ink: Ercules [the smaller inscription that distinguishes Meder's first state] drawing: verso, black chalk: a drawing of a woman, traced through from the right-most woman on the front, the figure completed and surrounded by lines that do not relate to the design on the front inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: = Uud. / fd.[?] B watermark: Meder watermark 53: world orb collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 872 [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 i/ii a/d Standard Reference Number Baertsch 127, Meder 238 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall Object Number R872 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
