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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1113
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
The Cannon
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1518
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273424

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 22 x 32.5 cm (8 11/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: etched in plate, upper left: 1518 / AD [monogram]
  • watermark: not Meder 232, the double eagle that he says in on this state, and not any of the other Meder or Strauss double eagle watermarks, but close to Meder 219: double eagle with no crown or initials

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
Meder ii/ii d or e/g
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 99, Meder 96, Strauss 86

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1113
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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