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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13920
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Deposition
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Entombent
Series/Book Title: Large Woodcut Passion
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1498
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255229

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 38.7 x 27.8 cm (15 1/4 x 10 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower edge, centered, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • watermark: Meder watermark 316: MA with a cross [name of Mary]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: > / c 17862 / C 24765 [struck through] / B.12/M. 123 [both numbers marked with a brown ink jot] / B. 12
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 13,920 [Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
before the text
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 12, Meder 123

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
M13920
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Northern Renaissance Art: Selected Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/28/1984 - 04/08/1984
  • Dürer's Passions, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2000 - 12/03/2000

Verification Level

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