Alexander Encounters the Naked Inhabitants of India

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M5571
People: Anonymous Germany (Augsburg) 1476, German
Title: Alexander Encounters the Naked Inhabitants of India
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Life of Alexander, by Johann Hartlieb, Augsburg, Bämler, 1473 (?)
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1473
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Augsburg
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/250889

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Woodcut

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Schram III, 48

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year: 1932
Object Number: M5571
Division: European and American Art
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Publication History

Deborah Carton, "The Practice of Hand-Coloring Prints in the Early Years of Printmaking Revealed by the Technical Examination of Two Hand-Colored Prints from the Fogg Collection" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2001), Unpublished, passim

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