Harvard Art Museums > M12972: The Virgin Seated on a Grassy Bank Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Virgin Seated on a Grassy Bank (Albrecht Dürer) , M12972,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/254918. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M12972 People Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg) Title The Virgin Seated on a Grassy Bank Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1503 Places Creation Place: Europe, Germany Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/254918 Physical Descriptions Medium Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper Technique Engraving Dimensions plate: 11.5 x 70 cm (4 1/2 x 27 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: on tablet hanging from a dead sapling, engraved date printed in black ink: 1503 inscription: on a stone block lower edge, center, engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 12,972 [Lugt 936] Provenance Recorded Ownership History [William Schab, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1954 State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State Meder a/e Standard Reference Number Bartsch 34, Meder 31, Strauss 39 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial, William M. Prichard, George R. Nutter, and Gray Collection of Engravings Funds Accession Year 1954 Object Number M12972 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 314, p. 269, repr. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
