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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1095
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
The Witch
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1500
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273791

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened, damaged, and repaired
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 11.3 × 6.9 cm (4 7/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge toward right: AD [monogram] (D is backwards)
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with black ink numbering within: GRAY COLLECTION, / Harvard College / 1095 [within an oval borderline, Lugt 4836]
  • inscription: verso, graphite, various hands: Zl B [?] / sl. 03 / H. Arnld.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder ia/ii
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 67, Schoch 28, Meder 68

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1095
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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