Hercules at the Crossroads | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G1096
People: Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title: Hercules at the Crossroads
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Effect of Jealousy
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1498
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/273792

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower edge just to left of center, engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with accession number written below in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / G1096 [Lugt 936]

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: Meder iia/iiif
Standard Reference Number: Bartsch 73, Meder 63, Strauss 24

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G1096
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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