G4461: Effect of the Sixth Trumpet: The Unloosing of the Angels of the Euphrates

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G4461

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Effect of the Sixth Trumpet: The Unloosing of the Angels of the Euphrates

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Apocalypse

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1497

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273265

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 39 × 27.9 cm (15 3/8 × 11 in.)
sheet: 40.5 × 29.4 cm (15 15/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower edge, centered, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• inscription: lower sheet margin to right of center, graphite: ba [or] b9
• inscription: upper right corner of sheet, brown ink: 10 [or] 19
• inscription: upper edge of sheet, centered, graphite: 7
• inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: L. S. Uidetur...Sequitur Octaua figura.
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite:
  GRAY COLLECTION, / 4461kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

with Latin text, 1511 edition

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 69, Meder 171

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G4461

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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