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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M1956
People
Jost Amman, Swiss (Zurich, Switzerland 1539 - 1591 Nuremberg, Germany)
Title
Peasant Couple Embracing
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Kunstbüchlin
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1599
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/259048

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper discolored to tan
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 11.9 × 9.9 cm (4 11/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Anon. Ger. 16 cent.
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 1956

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 4, The Illustrated Bartsch 20 (2), 431.4 (42); New Hollstein vol. 5 part 10, no. 285.43

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
M1956
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/13/2020 - 07/27/2021

Verification Level

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