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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1086
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Virgin with the Pear
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1511
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273674

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 16 × 10.8 cm (6 5/16 × 4 1/4 in.)
sheet: 16.7 × 11.2 cm (6 9/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Upper edge, center, on a reserve, engraved date printed in black ink: 1511
  • inscription: lower left foreground, on a tablet, engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • inscription: lower margin at left and right, graphite: B 41 / Ack [Ackermann] 132
  • collector's mark: verso, graphite: E. H. Greenleaf [Edward Hale Greenleaf (Lugt 5207)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black circular stamp with lettering within a borderline: dr. / WA / Pr. [Wilhelm August Ackermann (Lugt 791)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp
    verso, purple stamp with numerals written within in graphite
    : GRAY COLLECTION, / 1086 / Harvard College [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
  • watermark: Meder wm. 171: anchor within a circle

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder b (scratch erased)
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 41, Meder 33, Strauss 54

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1086
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Emily J. Peters, ed., The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650, exh. cat., Rhode Island School of Design Museum (Providence, RI, 2009), cat. no. 16, repr. as pl. 13 on p. 63 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

Verification Level

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