G1109: Offer of Love

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1109

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Offer of Love

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Ill-Assorted Couple

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1496

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273797

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 15 x 13.8 cm (5 7/8 x 5 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Ad [monogram]
• inscription: lower edge, center, engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / WA / Pr. [within a double circular borderline] [Wilhelm August Ackermann (Lugt 791)]
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink: GRAY COLLECTION, / 1109 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [WITHIN AN OVAL BORDERLINE (LUGT 4836)]
• inscription: verso, brown ink, probably associated with the Ackermann collector's stamp: Bartsch Nr / 93 N 93 / [illeg.]
• inscription: verso, brown ink: Br[illeg.]
• watermark: [illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

William Esdaile. Wilhlem August Ackermann. Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

Meder ie?/iii

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 93, Meder 77, Strauss 5

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1109

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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