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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4440
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Descent from the Cross
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Small Woodcut Passion
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1510
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273496

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 12.3 x 9.7 cm (4 13/16 x 3 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, on tablet on ground, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • inscription: on lower sheet margin at right, text printed with type in black ink: Dii[i or j; text cut horizontally]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 26 / 26
  • (not assigned): verso, text printed with type in black ink: Christus mortuus...gente, mori.
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink: GRAY COLLECTION, / 4440 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
  • inscription: within tablet at top of cross, woodcut printed in black: INRI

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
with text
Edition
1511
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 42, Meder 151

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4440
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Dürer's Passions, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2000 - 12/03/2000

Verification Level

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