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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13386
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
The Bagpiper
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1514
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/254900

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 11.6 × 7.4 cm (4 9/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: E. De T. Bechtel [within a rectangular borderline] [Edwin de Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp : winged oar [Baron Adalbert von Lanna (Lugt 2773)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: [illegible monogram within an oval borderline]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written below in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 13,386 [Lugt 936]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Durer The Bagpipe Player [underlined] / From the collection Fagan 399[?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edwin De Turck Bechtel, New York (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder b
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 91, Meder 90, Strauss 76

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
M13386
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 4707

Verification Level

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