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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R886
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Virgin with the Monkey
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1498
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/243044

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on off-white wove paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 18.9 × 12.1 cm (7 7/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: JWR: original but later than first state
  • inscription: lower foreground, center: engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 350 / PD / original but later than first state / 13c
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. [number (886) 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 l
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 42, Meder 30, Strauss 21

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R886
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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. 10
  • Emily J. Peters, ed., The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650, exh. cat., Rhode Island School of Design Museum (Providence, RI, 2009), cat. no. 7, repr. as pl. 3 on p. 51 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

Verification Level

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