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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1081
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Virgin Nursing the Child
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1519
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273673

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened
Technique
Engraving
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on a block of stone at lower left, engraved artist's monogram and date printed in black ink: 1519 / AD
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 6333
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp:
    HW [Hermann Weber (Lugt 1383)]
  • collector's mark: verso, graphite:
    E. H. Greenleaf [Edward Hale Greenleaf (Lugt 5207)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink:
    GRAY COLLECTION, / 10 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder a/d
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 36, Meder 39, Strauss 91

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1081
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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