G4432: Christ Crowned with Thorns

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G4432

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Small Woodcut Passion

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1510

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273129

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 21.7 x 9.7 cm (8 9/16 x 3 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: at lower left corner, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• inscription: at lower right of sheet margin, text printed with type in black ink: C iij
• inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: Iesum Pilatus...vt reum.
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite, the stamp applied twice but only filled in with the accession number once: GRAY COLLECTION, / 4432 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

with text

Edition

1511

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 34, Meder 143

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G4432

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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