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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2680
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Bookplate of Wilibald Pirkheimer
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
15th-16th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/254895

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 15.2 × 11.9 cm (6 × 4 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Woodcut, within the design and in the lower margin: SIBI ET AMICIS.P. / LIBER BILIBALDI PIRCKHEIMER
  • collector's mark: verson, brown stamp: P.J.S [Paul J. Sachs (Lugt 2091)]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written below in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 2680 [Lugt 936]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B app 52 / [illeg.] /22352 [underlined] / RZ[?] / H2129 / B52 App / B2954 / Coat of arms of Pirckheimer + Rieter / 15

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder b
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch app. 52, Meder 280

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1924
Object Number
M2680
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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