G4440: Descent from the Cross

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G4440

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Descent from the Cross

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Small Woodcut Passion

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1510

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273496

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 12.3 x 9.7 cm (4 13/16 x 3 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower left, on tablet on ground, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• inscription: on lower sheet margin at right, text printed with type in black ink: Dii[i or j; text cut horizontally]
• inscription: verso, graphite: 26 / 26
• (not assigned): verso, text printed with type in black ink: Christus mortuus...gente, mori.
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink: GRAY COLLECTION, / 4440 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
• inscription: within tablet at top of cross, woodcut printed in black: INRI

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

with text

Edition

1511

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 42, Meder 151

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G4440

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Dürer's Passions, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2000 - 12/03/2000

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