G1140: Glorification of the Virgin

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1140

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Glorification of the Virgin

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1504

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273322

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 29.7 x 21.3 cm (11 11/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: foreground, center, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• watermark: barely discernable at the bease of the composition: shield?
• drawing: verso, graphite sketch: partial outline of a shield (watermark)
• inscription: verso, graphite: B. 95
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 1140 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

after the text (?)

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 95, Meder 207

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G1140

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Lisa Pon, "Alla Insegna del Giesu: Publishing Books and Pictures in Renaissance Venice", Papers of the Bibliographical Scociety of America (1998), 92/4/446, 447/2

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