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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4491
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Siege of a Fortress (Right Half)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Illustration to Dürer's book on Fortification
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1527
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273323

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 22.3 × 34.1 cm (8 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on a tablet to left of the large foreground stump, woodcut artist's monogram and date printed in black ink: 1527 / AD
  • watermark:
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 786 / B 137 Siege of Vest[illrg.]a / urn [underlined] / 5 -
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 4491 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder f or g/g
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 137; Dodgson 156; Meder 272

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4491
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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