Virgin with Child Swaddled | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G1083
People: Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title: Virgin with Child Swaddled
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1520
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/273767

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: on tablet at the lower left, engraved artist's monogram and date printed in black ink: 1520 / AD
collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink:
GRAY COLLECTION, / 1083 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

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/e
Standard Reference Number: Bartsch 38, Meder 40, Strauss 94

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G1083
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986

Verification Level

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G1083: Virgin with Child Swaddled