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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4479
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
The Little Courier
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1496
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273795

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 10.7 × 7.6 cm (4 3/16 × 3 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower edge, centered, engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamps: Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Lugt 5165)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: KUPFERSTICH · SAMMLUNG DER KONIGE MUSEEN [in an oval format around crowned armorial, all within an oval borderline] [Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Lugt 1606)]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: A. Dürer / B. No 80. / K. N. 5049
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink: GRAY COLLECTION, / 4479 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder a/e
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 80, Meder 79, Strauss 12

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4479
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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