Glorification of the Virgin | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M3010
People: Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title: Glorification of the Virgin
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin
Alternate Title: Adoration of the Virgin
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1504
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/255028

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 29.8 × 20.8 cm (11 3/4 × 8 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso,graphite: Gift of Paul J. Sachs, Sept. 8: 1926. [see Lugt 2091, although there is no collector's stamp]
inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 37709/gla [all underlined] / 173 [underlined] / /173 / B95
collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 3010 [Lugt 936]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1926

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: Meder i/iii a or b
Standard Reference Number: Bartsch 95, Meder 207

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year: 1926
Object Number: M3010
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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