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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9837
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Ulrich Varnbühler
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1522
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255383

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black, and two shades of ochre ink on white antique laid paper, with added white gouache in the major highlights
Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
block: 43 × 32.3 cm (16 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): at the top edge, woodcut printed in black, the identification of the sitter and date : VLRICHVS VARNBVLERAC.M.D.XXII
  • inscription: at right edge, woodcut artist's name etc. printed in black ink: Alberttus Dürer...conatur.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Horace M. Swope, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder iii/iii a/b
Edition
Janssens, c.1620
Standard Reference Number
Bartsche 155, Meder 256

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Horace M. Swope, Class of 1905
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
M9837
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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