G1100: "Little" Fortune

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1100

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

"Little" Fortune

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1495

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273793

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 12.2 × 6.6 cm (4 13/16 × 2 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• (not assigned): lower edge, center, engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• collector's mark: verso, graphite: E. G. H. [Edward Hale Greenleaf (Lugt 5207)]
• label: verso, various graphite inscriptions: C. [underlined] / ( gns [?] ) / E. 4.4[?]
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink: GRAY COLLECTION, / 1100 / 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

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 78, Meder 71, Strauss 7

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G1100

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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