G1085: Virgin Sitting by a Wall

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1085

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Virgin Sitting by a Wall

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1514

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273721

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 14.6 × 9.9 cm (5 3/4 × 3 7/8 in.)
sheet: 16.7 × 12.1 cm (6 9/16 × 4 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: right edge, on wall, engraved artist's monogram and date printed in black ink: 1514 / AD
• inscription: lower sheet margin, to left and right, graphite: B 40 / Ack 131
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / WA / Pr. [within a circular border] [Wilhem August Ackermann (Lugt 791)]
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in brown ink: GRAY COLLECTION, / 1085 / Harvard College [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
• collector's mark: verso, graphite: E. H. Greenleaf [Edward Hale Greenleaf (see Lugt 5207)]

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 a

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 40, Meder 36, Strauss 78

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G1085

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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