Agony in the Garden | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R826
People: Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title: Agony in the Garden
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Passion
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1498
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/242033

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to beige

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 39.1 × 27.7 cm (15 3/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower edge, to left of center, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: CHRISTVS AB IVDEIS....reponit.
inscription: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 826 [number on a dotted line] [Lugt 2130]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: with the text
Edition: 1511
Standard Reference Number: Bartsch. 6, Meder 115

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R826
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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