G7444: Coat-of-Arms of the Empire and the City of Nuremberg

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G7444

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Coat-of-Arms of the Empire and the City of Nuremberg

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1521

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273758

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 24.4 × 16.7 cm (9 5/8 × 6 9/16 in.)
sheet: 26.5 × 18.8 cm (10 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in a tablet at upper edge, centered: SACTA / IVSTICIA / · 1521 ·
• (not assigned): verso, fraktur typeset printed in black: Reformation der Stat / Nuremberg / Cum Gratia et Priuilegio
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: KÖNIGLICHE / B[?]AND= / BIBLOITHEK [within an oval borderline (not in Lugt)]
• inscription: verso, brown ink: Converitas Mergentheimensis Ordinis [illeg., cut off at the top, perhaps Roman numerals]
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink; the accession number additionally written in graphite along side, : GRAY COLLECTION, / 1090 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)] / 7444.[within an oval single stroke surround]
• inscription: verso, graphite: am/-
• watermark: [illeg.]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

Meder 2-3/5

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 162, Meder 285

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund

Object Number

G7444

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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