R820NA: The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R820NA

People

Albrecht Altdorfer, German (Regensburg c. 1480 - 1538 Regensburg)

Title

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1515-1519

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/247014

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 9.5 × 4.9 cm (3 3/4 × 1 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: La. 67 [with a swirl below] / B. 5. / 518 [written over] 50
• inscription: verso, graphite, next to von Lanna stamp: (Lanna coll.)
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Randall Collection accession stamp {Lugt 2130)] 820 N. A.
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering above: [winged oar; Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna (Lugt 2773)] 929
• inscription: in plate at upper center: AA [monogram]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna, (L2773).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein e.5, Bartsch 5, Hollstein 5

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, John Witt Randall Fund

Object Number

R820NA

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Northern Renaissance Art: Selected Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/28/1984 - 04/08/1984
• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/21/2022 - 07/25/2022

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