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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4448
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Ascension
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Small Woodcut Passion
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1510
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273261

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 12.6 x 9.8 cm (4 15/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left corner, on tablet, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 34 [repeated three times
  • inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: Spiritus sanctus...ferre salutem.
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 4448 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
with text
Edition
1511
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 50, Meder 159

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4448
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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