G4477: The Dream of the Doctor

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G4477

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

The Dream of the Doctor

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The Temptation of the Idler

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1498

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273421

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 18.8 × 11.9 cm (7 3/8 × 4 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower edge, center, engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• collector's mark: verso, brown ink: Jas v Ca[illeg.]sinaj / Tomal 1824. [not in Lugt]
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 139.[struck through] / DO / A6346 / No. 76 Superbe
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink: GRAY COLLECTION, / 4477 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

Meder a/e

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 76, Meder 70, Strauss 22

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G4477

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Northern Renaissance Art: Selected Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/28/1984 - 04/08/1984
• A Colloquium in the Visual Arts, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2022 - 12/30/2022

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