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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10313
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Assumption of the Virgin
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1510
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/254850

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 28.8 × 20.6 cm (11 5/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: Meder 66; 206.1
  • inscription: on the outside of the foot of the tomb, woodcut artist's monogram and date printed in black ink: 1510 / AD
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Dürer B. 94 The Asumption [all the preceding underlined] / From the Life of the Virgin Bull's Head paper / FVX
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: M J P [within a tablet] [Marsden Jasael Perry (Lugt 1880)]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 10,313 [Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
before the text
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 94, Meder 206

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
M10313
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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