Harvard Art Museums > G1121: The Virgin on a Crescent Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Virgin on a Crescent (Albrecht Dürer) , G1121,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 27, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/273625. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G1121 People Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg) Title The Virgin on a Crescent Other Titles Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin Classification Prints Work Type print Date c. 1511 Places Creation Place: Europe, Germany Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/273625 Physical Descriptions Medium Woodcut on off-white antique laid paper Technique Woodcut Dimensions cut to image: 18.6 x 19.2 cm (7 5/16 x 7 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: verso, black ink, handwritten German inscription in an antique hand: [illeg.] inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: Coniugij noctes...congmuere suam, collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 1121 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)] 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 with text Standard Reference Number Bartsch 76, Meder 188 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G1121 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Exhibition History Mapping Discoveries in the Heavens and Controversies on Earth, Harvard Map Collection, Cambridge, 12/09/2009 - 03/30/2010 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2015 - 03/02/2016 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
