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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1120
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Erasmus
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1526
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273688

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 24.9 × 19.3 cm (9 13/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
sheet: 25.6 × 20 cm (10 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in wall tablet at the upper left, engraved eulogy, artist's monogram, and date printed in black ink: IMAGO · ERASMI · ROTERODA / MI · ALBERTO · DVRERO · AD / VIVAM · EFFIGIEM · DELINIATA · / THN · KPETTΩ · TA · [sigma] Y [lambda twice]PAM / MATA · ÆI[three horizontal lines]I / · M D X X V I · AD
  • inscription: lower right corner of sheet, brown ink: [beginning of a cut-off inscription]
  • watermark: Meder watermark 314: [crowned coat of arms with pendant b]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: E. H. Greenleaf [Edward Hale Greenleaf (Lugt 5207)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink: GRAY COLLECTION, / 1120 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder a
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 107, Meder 105, Strauss 105

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1120
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022

Verification Level

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