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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M15108
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Agony in the Garden
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Christ on the Mount of Olives
Series/Book Title: Large Woodcut Passion
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1498
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255284

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 39 x 27.7 cm (15 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: at lower edge, centered, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • watermark: Meder watermarl 127: flower over triangle
  • inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: CHRISTVS AB IVDEIS....reponit.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: [watermark]
  • inscription: verso, red chalk: B
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: Cr [or] C2
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 15,108 [Lugt 936]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Horvitz, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1972

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
text edition
Edition
1511
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 6, Meder 115

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Horvitz in memory of David Horvitz
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
M15108
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Dürer's Passions, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2000 - 12/03/2000

Verification Level

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