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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M15309.A
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
The Fox and Time Turning the Wheel of Fortune
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Michelfeld Tapestry (left panel)
Alternate Title: Allegory of Social Injustice
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1526
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/254893

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 16.6 × 30.9 cm (6 9/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: v. N [within a double circular borderline] [Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler (Lugt 2529)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: KUPFERSTICHKABINETT DER KÖNIGSMUSEEN [arranged in an oval around a crowned shield; the print collection of the state museum in Berlin (Lugt 1606)

  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: TILGUNGS [illeg.] K.K.C. [around an eagle and within a octagonal borderline] duplicate stamp, [print cabinet, state museum in Berlin (Lugt 2398)]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 15,309 (A) [Lugt 936]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 27060/DZZ / Pass 295 / Heller 2059 / B App. No. 34. / K.N. 5344 / No 1 / 7110. / [illeg.]/72 / app34. / a46629/rx for 3
  • inscription:
  • watermark: closest to Meder watermark 260: turreted city gate
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 15,309 (c) [Lugt 936]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B app. 34 / a 46629/rx. for 3 / No. 3

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder a/c
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch appendix 34, Meder 241

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Museum Collection
Accession Year
1973
Object Number
M15309.A
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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