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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10284
People
Albrecht Altdorfer, German (Regensburg c. 1480 - 1538 Regensburg)
Title
Annunciation
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1513
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/259488

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white wove paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 12.4 × 9.4 cm (4 7/8 × 3 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: printed on a tablet hanging from the vault: AA [monogram in perspective]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp with numbering in black ink above: 50 / 2 23 / h8 / BRITISH / [royal crown] / MUSEUM [British Museum Department of Prints and drawings (Lugt 300)]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering within: . BRITISH [crown] DUPLICATE . [in an oval stamp, within an outer borderline, the graphite initials within an inner borderline] S C [British Museum duplicate stamp, Sidney Colvin, curator (Lugt 305)]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp: P.J.S. [script; Paul J. Sachs (Lugt 2091)]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 10,284
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: arch[?] of Top of page 27. / B. VIII . 76 . 44 / 37

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
British Museum, (Lugt 300, Lugt 305).
Paul J. Sachs, (Lugt 2091).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Derschau-Becker reprint from 1810
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein w.44, Bartsch 44, Hollstein 44

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
M10284
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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