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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G7817
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Crowning with Thorns
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Engraved Passion
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1512
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273325

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 11.7 x 7.4 cm (4 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink on tablet at lower left: AD
  • inscription: engraved date printed in black ink on tablet at upper right: 1512
  • collector's mark: recto, lower right, black stamp: M [surmounted by a cross] [Joseph Maberly (Lugt 1845)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with brown ink numerals within: GRAY COLLECTION, / 7817 / Harvard College [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
  • collector's mark: verso, red stamp: H. F. S. [Henry Foster Sewall (Lugt 1309)]
  • collector's mark: verso, red stamp with brown ink numerals within: M. F. A. / H. D. P. Coll. / No. _____ 255. [written above stamped underline] [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)]
  • collector's mark: verso, red stamp with brown ink initials written within: M, F. A. / Cancelled / S. R. K. ........ Ctor [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, cancellation stamp (similar to Lugt 1869), initials of Sylvester Rosa Koeller]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 9

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder a
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 9, Meder 9, Strauss 61

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G7817
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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