R897: Knight, Death, and the Devil

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R897

People

Unidentified Artist
After Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Knight, Death, and the Devil

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

16th-19th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/242657

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on cream wove paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 24.3 × 18.5 cm (9 9/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
sheet: 25 × 19 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: on tablet at lower left, engraved original artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• inscription: verso, red chalk or crayon: 15 -
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B. p. g. 2 = Vii pag 106 pag 8 et / 12[?] 1014 / [illeg.] Copy / B-/D [illeg. digits, all in oval] / 125 [underlined]
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 897 [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

copy

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 98, Meder 74, Strauss 71

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

R897

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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