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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M811
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Repose in Egypt
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1503
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255379

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 29.6 × 20.9 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right corner, on tablet, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • watermark: illegible watermark, according to the inscription on the back a dboule eagle, which would be Meder watermark 222, found on impressions after the text f/k.: double eagle?
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Proof impr. before text, watermark / not described by [illeg.]m (otNo. 57) / [illeg.] double eagle / in a shield / B. 90. O Hl. 89. Hell 94
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 811 [Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
after the text
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 90, Meder 202

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Mary Hemenway
Accession Year
1918
Object Number
M811
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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