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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G7759
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Christ Dying upon the Cross
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1508
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273763

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 13.3 x 9.1 cm (5 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, engraved in a tablet embedded in the center foreground, date and artist's monogram: 1508 / AD
  • watermark: bull's head, Meder 62: [bull's head
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: [circular with a double borderline and an illegible device or initials within]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with numerals written within in brown ink: GRAY COLLECTION, / 7759 / Harvard College [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
  • inscription: verso, graphitre inscription: a26884

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder a
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 24, Meder 23, Strauss 50

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G7759
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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