M798: High Priest Refusing the Offer of Joachim

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M798

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

High Priest Refusing the Offer of Joachim

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1504

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/255287

Physical Descriptions

Medium

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

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 29.1 × 21 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: Meder watermark 169: balance in a circle, a star or blossom above
• drawing: verso, graphite: The outline of the watermark is lightly sketched
• inscription: verso, graphite: Proof impr. before[underlined] the text / watermark is a pair of scales in a circle / [illeg. m. passion No. 22.a / B. 77. OHCy[?] 76. HC[?] No. 81
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 798 [Lugt 936]
• inscription: foreground center, on a tablet, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mrs. Mary Hemenway, by descent; to her heirs, gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1918

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

proof before text

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 77, Meder 189

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Mary Hemenway

Accession Year

1918

Object Number

M798

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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