M12567: Holy Family with the Dragonfly
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M12567
- People
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Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
- Title
- Holy Family with the Dragonfly
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1497
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/254896
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, with gray wash added on the right temple and cheek of the Virgin
- Technique
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- plate: 23.8 × 18.6 cm (9 3/8 × 7 5/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- watermark: similar to Meder 62, which is found on posthumous impressions: bear
- collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written below in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 12,567 [Lugt 936]
- inscription: verso, graphite: no70
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Dr. Arnold Knapp, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1951
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- Meder a
- Standard Reference Number
- Bartsch 44, Meder 42, Strauss 4
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Arnold Knapp
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- M12567
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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