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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10278
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
The Virgin with the Apple, Adored by Angels
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1518
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/254983

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 30 × 21.2 cm (11 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left foreground, woodcut artist's monogram and date printed in black ink: AD 1518
  • collector's mark: verso, brown ink: Boerner C. cr.[?] / 1824 [Johann Andreas Boerner (see Lugt 270)]
  • (not assigned): verso, graphite: Gellatly / Beleived to be the finest / impression from the block
  • collector's mark: verso, violet stamp: P within a G [Peter Gellatly (Lugt 1185)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: C d O [within a circular borderline] [Heinrich Anton Cornill-d'Orville (Lugt 529)]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B. 101 [within an oblong borderline] / 8 / 6316 / 10 [within a circular borderline] / a67768
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 10278 [Lugt 936]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Johann Andreas Boerner, Nuremberg. Heinrich Anton Cornill-d'Orville, Frankfurt. P.eter Gellatly, Essex and London. [Unidentified dealer, New York], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, 1912, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder 1/2a/b
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 101, Meder 211

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
M10278
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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