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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1115
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Coat-of-Arms with a Skull
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1503
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273573

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 22 × 15.5 cm (8 11/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on a tablet to the right of the shield, engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • inscription: in the stone block, lower center, engraved date printed in black ink: 1503
  • collector's mark: upper right corner, brown ink: P. mariette 1666 [Pierre Mariette II (Lugt 1789)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite, the stamp faded completely:
    GRAY COLLECTION, / 1115 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Pierre Mariette. Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder i/ii a/d
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 101, Meder 98, Strauss 40

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1115
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Precision and Prestige: The Arts of Engraving, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/11/2001 - 12/02/2001

Verification Level

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