R865: Holy Family in a Vaulted Room

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R865

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Holy Family in a Vaulted Room

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1503-c. 1504

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/242064

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 21.8 x 15.6 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower edge, toward left corner, on a slip of paper, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 865 [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

Meder e/f?

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 100, Meder 213

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

Object Number

R865

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Sarah Vure, The John Witt Randall Collection: Seeking the True and the Beautiful, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), checklist no. 12

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