Harvard Art Museums > M798: High Priest Refusing the Offer of Joachim 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"High Priest Refusing the Offer of Joachim (Albrecht Dürer) , M798,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/255287. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 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. 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
