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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4202
People
Albrecht Altdorfer, German (Regensburg c. 1480 - 1538 Regensburg)
Title
Mucius Scaevola Burning His Hand
Other Titles
Former Title: Mutius Scaevola
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/277257

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 6.5 × 3.8 cm (2 9/16 × 1 1/2 in.)
sheet: 7.4 × 4.7 cm (2 15/16 × 1 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate on thealtar's pedestal: AA [monogram]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: O[or G].A.O. [within an oblong borderline; Count Alexandre Borisovitch Lobanoff-Rostovsky (Lugt 2009)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: BB [monogram; Cabinet Bretano-Birckenstock (Lugt 345)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836) 4202
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 40

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Cabinet Bretano-Birckenstock, (L345).
Comte A. B. Lobanoff-Rotovsky, (L2005).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein e.49, Bartsch 40, Hollstein 49

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4202
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Northern Renaissance Art: Selected Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/28/1984 - 04/08/1984

Verification Level

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