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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M804
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Annunciation
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1503
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255291

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 29.5 × 20.9 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: Meder 39
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Proof ompr. before the text /Watermark not described by G[illeg.] / (Not [illeg.] no. 57) / B. 83. OHl. 82. [illeg.] 87
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written below in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 804 [Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
after the text, Meder a/f
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 83, Meder 195

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Mary Hemenway
Accession Year
1918
Object Number
M804
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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