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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R936
People
Heinrich Aldegrever, German (Paderborn, Germany 1502 - after 1555 Soest, Germany)
Title
Avarice
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Vices
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1552
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/247459

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, discolored to tan
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 10.3 × 6 cm (4 1/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Proditor infidus raptor pietatis inernus / Miles Auaritiam sponte sequu[n]tur hera[m]
  • inscription: in design, lower center, on stone: 1552 / AG [monogram]
  • collector's mark: verso, on paper secondary support onto which the print is laid down, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 936

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

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 129, Bartsch 129

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R936
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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