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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13487
People
Ieronymus Greff, German (active circa 1502)
After Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1502
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/259239

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2540, European Art, 13th–16th century, The Renaissance
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to tan
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 39.5 × 28 cm (15 9/16 × 11 in.)
sheet: 40.1 × 28 cm (15 13/16 × 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, cursive, brown ink: Copy by Jerome Greff vide Bartsch- vol.. 7. p. 130.
  • inscription: lower edge, to left of center, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: IVF [with a cross]
  • inscription: top edge, text printed in black ink: Die.iil.figur...V blat
  • inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: Zu der vier den Figur...mag gesteen.
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: Ch : B [underlined] [Lugt 556a, not identified]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 13,497 [Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
Nuremburg, 1502
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch VII, p.130, see Bartsch 64, Meder 167

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Hyder Rollins
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
M13487
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/26/2024 - 09/09/2024

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