G4445: Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G4445

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Small Woodcut Passion
Alternate Title: Christ as a Gardener

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1510

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273038

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 12.5 x 9.6 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: on reserve at lower left, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: Christus duobus....Christus, penis olympicus.
• inscription: verso, graphite: -31 / 30
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 4445 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

with Latin text

Edition

1511

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 47, Meder 156

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund

Object Number

G4445

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Dürer's Passions, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2000 - 12/03/2000

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