Offer of Love | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R895
People: Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title: Offer of Love
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Les offres d'amour
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1495
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/242655

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 14.8 × 13.8 cm (5 13/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: Inscription on mat: From the badly worn and retouched plate (K)
inscription: foreground, centered, engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
inscription: verso, brown ink: No. 2.
collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 895 [number on a dotted line]

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 d?
Standard Reference Number: Bartsch 93, Meder 77, Strauss 5

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R895
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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