Hercules | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R876
People: Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title: Hercules
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1497
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/242066

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on tan antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 39.3 × 28.2 cm (15 1/2 × 11 1/8 in.)
sheet: 55.1 × 36.1 cm (21 11/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower edge, centered woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
inscription: upper left corner of sheet, graphite: 30 No. 193
inscription: lower left sheet corner, graphite: fig
collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 876 [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 iii/iiic
Standard Reference Number: Bartsch 127, Meder 238

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R876
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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