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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R899
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Turkish Family
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1496
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/242654

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 10.8 × 7.6 cm (4 1/4 × 3 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower foreground, centered, engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 2/13 / B. 85 VII. p. 97 / oriental + his wife / AD os [squiggle] 8082 [underlined] / 21b[?]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 899 [number on a dotted line]

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 c
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 85, Meder 80, Strauss 14

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R899
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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