G1090: Saint George on Horseback

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1090

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Saint George on Horseback

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1505/1508

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273735

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 10.8 × 8.4 cm (4 1/4 × 3 5/16 in.)
sheet: 11.1 × 8.7 cm (4 3/8 × 3 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• 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, / 1090 / Harvard College. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
• inscription: verso, graphite: 54.
• inscription: on white reserve in foreground, engraved artist's monogram and date printed in black ink: 1508 [corrected from 1505] / AD

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

Meder a

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 54, Meder 56, Strauss 46

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1090

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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