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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1140
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Glorification of the Virgin
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1504
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273322

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 29.7 x 21.3 cm (11 11/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: foreground, center, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • watermark: barely discernable at the bease of the composition: shield?
  • drawing: verso, graphite sketch: partial outline of a shield (watermark)
  • inscription: verso, graphite: B. 95
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 1140 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
after the text (?)
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 95, Meder 207

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1140
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Lisa Pon, "Alla Insegna del Giesu: Publishing Books and Pictures in Renaissance Venice", Papers of the Bibliographical Scociety of America (1998), 92/4/446, 447/2

Verification Level

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