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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G7444
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Coat-of-Arms of the Empire and the City of Nuremberg
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1521
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273758

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 24.4 × 16.7 cm (9 5/8 × 6 9/16 in.)
sheet: 26.5 × 18.8 cm (10 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in a tablet at upper edge, centered: SACTA / IVSTICIA / · 1521 ·
  • (not assigned): verso, fraktur typeset printed in black: Reformation der Stat / Nuremberg / Cum Gratia et Priuilegio
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: KÖNIGLICHE / B[?]AND= / BIBLOITHEK [within an oval borderline (not in Lugt)]
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: Converitas Mergentheimensis Ordinis [illeg., cut off at the top, perhaps Roman numerals]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink; the accession number additionally written in graphite along side, : GRAY COLLECTION, / 1090 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)] / 7444.[within an oval single stroke surround]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: am/-
  • watermark: [illeg.]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder 2-3/5
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 162, Meder 285

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G7444
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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