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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G7321
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Virgin with the Monkey
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
15th-16th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273768

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engravaing printed in black ink on white laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 19.4 x 12.4 cm (7 5/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower edge, center, engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • collector's mark: verso, purple ink stamp with numerals in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 7321 / Harvard College [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: A 9.107.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Bot. of U[?]. U[?] & Co. / Sept. 11, 1897. for $220. -
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B. 42 / superbe / a23737

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder a
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 42, Meder 30, Strauss 21

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G7321
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sarah Vure, The John Witt Randall Collection: Seeking the True and the Beautiful, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), checklist no. 11
  • Emily J. Peters, ed., The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650, exh. cat., Rhode Island School of Design Museum (Providence, RI, 2009), cat. no. 7, repr. as pl. 3 on p. 51 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

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