G1121: The Virgin on a Crescent

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1121

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

The Virgin on a Crescent

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1511

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273625

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

cut to image: 18.6 x 19.2 cm (7 5/16 x 7 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, black ink, handwritten German inscription in an antique hand: [illeg.]
• inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: Coniugij noctes...congmuere suam,
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 1121 / 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

with text

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 76, Meder 188

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G1121

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Mapping Discoveries in the Heavens and Controversies on Earth, Harvard Map Collection, Cambridge, 12/09/2009 - 03/30/2010
• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2015 - 03/02/2016

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