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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M1158
People
Jost Amman, Swiss (Zurich, Switzerland 1539 - 1591 Nuremberg, Germany)
Title
Title-Border. Figures of Justice and Geometry, with Sons Shooting Arrows at Their Father's Body
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Portrait of Andreas Tiraquellius (on reverse of print)
Series/Book Title: Tiraquellius, A. De utroque retractu municipali et conventionali, comentarii duo. Tomus tertius.
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1574
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/259411

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper discolored to tan
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 32.8 × 22.7 cm (12 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
block: 30.5 × 20.4 cm (12 × 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in block, lower left corner and lower right corner, in strapwork: I / A
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Jost Amman - / Border with sons shooting at their father's body. / Mark of Sigismond Feierbend / [?]ieitz, Frankfurter u. mainzer drucker und verlegerzeichem // Amman / Portrait of Andreas Tiraquellius / Andriesen I, p. 208, no. 23.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Noll. 6R
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 1158

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
see New Hollstein 280.18 (2676) and on verso New Hollstein 280.4 (2127), Andriesen 23, 116

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
M1158
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

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