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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
33.1979
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Three Peasants in Conversation
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1498
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/234791

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 10.6 × 7.6 cm (4 3/16 × 3 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower foreground, center, engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp: bishop's mitre within an eight-sided borderline [Cortland Field Bishop (Lugt 2770b)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: rose on a stem with three leaves [S. S. Rosenstamm (Lugt 2839)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: LRJ [Lessing J. Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b )]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART surrounding an eagle, all in a circular shape [National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C (Lugt 1932d)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: L.J.R. / Duplicate [National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., duplicate from the Rosenwald collection]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numeral within: bicuspid shape inscribed 67 [Marjorie B. Cohn (not in Lugt)]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 1805 / MCOHN

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder a
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 86, Meder 87, Strauss 17

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan in honor of Jakob Rosenberg
Object Number
33.1979
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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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