Harvard Art Museums > M808: Adoration of the Magi 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"Adoration of the Magi (Albrecht Dürer) , M808,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/255211. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M808 People Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg) Title Adoration of the Magi Other Titles Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin Classification Prints Work Type print Date c. 1503 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/255211 Physical Descriptions Medium Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper Technique Woodcut Dimensions sheet: 29.9 × 21 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: at lower right, woodcut artist’s monogram printed in black ink : AD watermark: Meder watermark 169: pair of scales in a circle (not assigned): verso, various graphite inscriptions: Proof before text / watermark a pair of scales / within a Circle / [illeg.] No. 22.a[illeg.] / B. 77. Ottley 76. Heller 81 / 12 / 13 [struck through] collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 808 [Lugt 936] State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State before the text, Meder b/b Standard Reference Number Bartsch 87, Meder 199 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Mary Hemenway Accession Year 1918 Object Number M808 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. Exhibition History Africans in Black and White: Images of Blacks in 16th- and 17th-Century Prints, W. E .B. Du Bois Institute, Rudenstine Gallery, Cambridge, 09/02/2010 - 12/03/2010 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/18/2015 - 09/09/2015 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
