G4438: Crucifixion

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G4438

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Crucifixion

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Small Woodcut Passion

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1510

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273133

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 12.7 x 9.7 cm (5 x 3 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: on tablet on the top of the cross, woodcut inscription printed in black ink: INRI
• inscription: on ground, on stone block to right of center, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• inscription: on lower sheet margin, to right and cut through horizontally: D
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 24 / 24
• inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: Victo cruentis...angelici chori.
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 4438 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

with text

Edition

1511

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 40, Meder 149

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G4438

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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