Descent of the Holy Ghost | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G4449
People: Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title: Descent of the Holy Ghost
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Pentacost
Series/Book Title: Small Woodcut Passion
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1510
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/273262

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 12.7 x 9.6 cm (5 x 3 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: at lower center on the floor, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: De vltimo...Tælos.
collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 4449 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
inscription: verso, graphite: 35

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: with text
Edition: 1511
Standard Reference Number: Bartsch 51, Meder 160

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number: G4449
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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