M13487: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M13487

People

Ieronymus Greff, German (active circa 1502)
After Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1502

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/259239

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to tan

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 39.5 × 28 cm (15 9/16 × 11 in.)
sheet: 40.1 × 28 cm (15 13/16 × 11 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, cursive, brown ink: Copy by Jerome Greff vide Bartsch- vol.. 7. p. 130.
• inscription: lower edge, to left of center, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: IVF [with a cross]
• inscription: top edge, text printed in black ink: Die.iil.figur...V blat
• inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: Zu der vier den Figur...mag gesteen.
• inscription: verso, brown ink: Ch : B [underlined] [Lugt 556a, not identified]
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 13,497 [Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition

Nuremburg, 1502

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch VII, p.130, see Bartsch 64, Meder 167

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Hyder Rollins

Accession Year

1958

Object Number

M13487

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/26/2024 - 09/09/2024

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