Harvard Art Museums > M807: Circumcision 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"Circumcision (Albrecht Dürer) , M807,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/255210. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M807 People Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg) Title Circumcision Other Titles Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin Classification Prints Work Type print Date c.1505 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/255210 Physical Descriptions Medium Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream Technique Woodcut Dimensions block: 298 x 213 cm (117 5/16 x 83 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks label: lower right, on tablet, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD inscription: verso, graphite: Proof impr. before the text, before the defect in the block / in the left upper corner. watermark, a crowned shield with a fleur de lis / [illeg.] No.52, described p. 60. / as the paper used for Impressions of / this series after Durers death. /B. 86 O[illeg.]. 8Added "" to Curatorial Remarks based on information on the object label.5. [illeg.] 20 inscription: verso, graphite: 86 drawing: verso, graphite: [drawing of the purported watermark, illegible to me] collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written below in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 807 [Lugt 936] State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State before the text Standard Reference Number Bartsch 86, Meder 198 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Mary Hemenway Accession Year 1918 Object Number M807 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
