G7441: Lamentation

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G7441

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Lamentation

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Large Woodcut Passion
Alternate Title: Lament over the Body of Christ

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1498

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273726

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 39.1 × 27.8 cm (15 3/8 × 10 15/16 in.)
sheet: 41.2 × 29.7 cm (16 1/4 × 11 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower edge, centered, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: Chelido. O si fata...tumultus
• inscription: verso, graphite: 7441 [circled] / B. 13.
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 7441 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

1511 text

Edition

1511

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 13, Meder 122

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund

Object Number

G7441

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Dürer's Passions, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2000 - 12/03/2000

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