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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M662
People
Heinrich Aldegrever, German (Paderborn, Germany 1502 - after 1555 Soest, Germany)
Title
Self-Portrait
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Self-Portrait at the Age of Thirty-five
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1537
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/259445

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engravig printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, discolored to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 20 × 12.7 cm (7 7/8 × 5 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in design, bottom, in rectangular cartouche: . ANNO . MDXXXVII . / . IMAGO . HINRICI . ALDEGREVERS . SUZATIEN . / . AB . IPSO . AVTORE . AD . VIVAM . EFFIGIE[M] . DELINIATA / . ANNO . ETATIS . SVE . XXXV .
  • watermark: center: [large jug with quatrefoil (or flower?); New Hollstein watermark b?]
  • inscription: in plate, at left edge, centered: AG [monogram]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 662
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B.189. / 42762 [underlined]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp followed by an erased and illegible graphite inscription: M. J. M. [Mary Jane Morgan (Lugt 1879)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 189, Bartsch 189

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard Wheatland
Accession Year
1915
Object Number
M662
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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