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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M3010
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Glorification of the Virgin
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin
Alternate Title: Adoration of the Virgin
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1504
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255028

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 29.8 × 20.8 cm (11 3/4 × 8 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso,graphite: Gift of Paul J. Sachs, Sept. 8: 1926. [see Lugt 2091, although there is no collector's stamp]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 37709/gla [all underlined] / 173 [underlined] / /173 / B95
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 3010 [Lugt 936]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1926

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder i/iii a or b
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 95, Meder 207

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1926
Object Number
M3010
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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