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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4490
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
The Men's Bath
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Men in a Bath
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1496
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274075

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 39.1 x 28.1 cm (15 3/8 x 11 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: AD
  • collector's mark: yes, verso, brown ink, hand written, signed: G. Storck a Milan 1797 / In. No. 352 [Guiseppe Storck (Lugt 2319)]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Lippmann, Jan. 29, '82 / mks 84 $20.65
  • watermark: Meder watermark 53?: world orb
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    GRAY COLLECTION, / 4490 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Giuseppe (Joseph) Storck, (2318), Collector, 1815. Friederich Lippmann, sale to Harvard University, January 29, 1882. To Gray Collection of Engravings

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder ia or b
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 128, Meder 266

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4490
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 08 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/23/2008 - 11/16/2008
  • Re-View: S426A (Large Niche) HAA252k The Age of Durer, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/13/2008 - 02/06/2009
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 09 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/16/2009 - 11/08/2009
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 10 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/15/2010 - 11/06/2010

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