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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M805
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth
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/255292

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Block: 29.6 × 20.9 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: Meder 39; 196b
  • (not assigned): at lower center, on tablet, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Proof impression beforw the text / and before the objects at the sides of the white cloud / were more than scarcely perceptible-- what / in the next issue, with the text, became quite / plain, and grew stronger in the later impressions / [illeg.]. p. 59. / Watermark not described by Kom. (Not 57) / B. 84. OHl. 83. H[illeg.] 88
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 805 [Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
after the text, Meder b/g
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 84, Meder 196

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Mary Hemenway
Accession Year
1918
Object Number
M805
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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