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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G7434
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Agony in the Garden
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Passion
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1498
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273355

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to beige
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 38.8 × 27.5 cm (15 1/4 × 10 13/16 in.)
sheet: 41 × 29.6 cm (16 1/8 × 11 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower edge, center, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • watermark: Meder watermark 259: large tower
  • inscription: verso, extensive quotations from poetry printed typographically in black ink: CHRISTVS AB IVDAS...columq reponit.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: B.G. [not in Lugt]
  • inscription: verso graphite: 7434 [circled]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp (faded) with accession number written within in brown ink: GRAY COLLECTION, / 7434 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
1511 edition
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 6, Meder 115

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G7434
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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