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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
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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

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