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Identification and Creation
Object Number
G4488
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
The Holy Kinship with Two Musical Angels
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1511
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273752
Physical Descriptions
Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 21.3 × 21.5 cm (8 3/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in sky at center woodcut artist's monogram and date printed in black ink: AD / 1511
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 230[illleg.] / [illeg. / 1370 / [illeg.] a / w h i c/15-
  • collector's mark: verso, graphite: E. H. G. [Edward Hale Greenleaf (Lugt 5207)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 4488 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: TILGUNGS -STEMPEL- [withing a circular borderline] [Städel Museum (Lugt 2396)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: B [surrounded by words arranged in a circle] [Städel Museum, Brönner bequest (Lugt 307)]
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
State
Meder b/d
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 97, Meder 216
Acquisition and Rights
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4488
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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