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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2618
People
Heinrich Aldegrever, German (Paderborn, Germany 1502 - after 1555 Soest, Germany)
After Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, German (c. 1480 - 1539/40)
Title
Two Torch-Bearers
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Two Men with Torches
Series/Book Title: The Large Wedding-Dancers
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1538
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/259292

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink with added gray wash on white antqiue laid paper, discolored to tan
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 11.5 × 7.6 cm (4 1/2 × 3 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp: P.J.S. [script; Paul J. Sachs (Lugt 2091)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: KS [monogram within an ornate borderline; Karl Scheffler (Lugt 1644)]
  • inscription: in plate, upper left: 2
  • inscription: in plate, upper right corner: 1538 / AG [monogram]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 2618
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 75 [struck through, followed by in apparently the same hand:] 113

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 161, Bartsch 161

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1924
Object Number
M2618
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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