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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4466
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Worship of the Seven-headed Dragon and the Monster with Ram's Horns, and the Son of Man
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Apocalypse
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1497
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274012

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 38.8 × 27.7 cm (15 1/4 × 10 7/8 in.)
sheet: 40.9 × 28.9 cm (16 1/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower edge, centered, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • inscription: lower sheet edge, to right of center, graphite: 74[struck through] 73
  • inscription: upper sheet edge, to left of center, gray ink[?]: 11
  • inscription: upper right sheet corner, brown ink: 14
  • watermark: Meder watermark 127: flower with a triangle
  • inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: L.S. Laudent...Seqiutur Duodecima figura.
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    GRAY COLLECTION, / 4466. / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
with Latin text, 1511 edition
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 74, Meder 175

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4466
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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