M15108: Agony in the Garden

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

Permissions

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Exhibition History

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

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