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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4473
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Saint Anthony Reading
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1519
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273360

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 9.7 × 14.1 cm (3 13/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on tablet on peg at lower edge to left of center, engraved artist's monogram and date printed in black ink: 1519 / AD
  • inscription: verso, graphite: B. 58 tr belle
  • collector's mark: verso graphite: E. H. Greenleaf [Edward Hale Greenleaf (Lugt 5207)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in brown ink: GRAY COLLECTION, / 4473 / Harvard College. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
  • inscription: verso, black ink: Waller. 1850. [surrouned by an oval borderline] [If this is a collector's mark, it is not in Lugt.]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder a
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 58, Meder 51, Strauss 89

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4473
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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