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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13917
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Arrest of Christ
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Betrayal of Christ, or, Kiss of Judas
Series/Book Title: Large Woodcut Passion
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1510
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255716

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 39.5 x 28.1 cm (15 9/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: at upper edge, toward left, woodcut date printed in black ink: 1510
  • (not assigned): at lower left, on ground, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • watermark: Meder watermark 53: large orb [?]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp: lower case g within an upper case G [not in Lugt]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B. 7 / M Mle[?] v . d. T / c.28858 / 31
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 13,917 [Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
before the text, Meder a/b
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 7, Meder 116

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
M13917
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Northern Renaissance Art: Selected Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/28/1984 - 04/08/1984
  • Dürer's Passions, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2000 - 12/03/2000

Verification Level

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