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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10312
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Christ Taking Leave of His Mother
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1507
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255380

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper, somewhat darkened
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 29.8 × 21 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: Meder 20
  • inscription: on a tablet leaning against the lower left borderline, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • collector's mark: verson, black stamp: P within a G [Peter Gellatly (Lugt 1185)]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: B. 92 / Hohe Krone
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 10,312 [Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
before text
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 92, Meder 204

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
M10312
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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