Presentation in the Temple | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M973
People: Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title: Presentation in the Temple
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/255232

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 29.4 × 20.9 cm (11 9/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: on tablet hung on the foreground column, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
watermark: Meder watermark 20: high crown
inscription: verso, graphite: 88
collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 973 [Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: before text
Standard Reference Number: Bartsch 88, Meder 200

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year: 1919
Object Number: M973
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Angelica Daneo, The Kress Collection at the Denver Art Museum, Denver Art Museum (Denver, 2011), pp. 149-150, repr. p. 150 as fig. 49

Verification Level

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