Harvard Art Museums > G1117: Frederick III, the Wise, Elector of Saxony Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Frederick III, the Wise, Elector of Saxony (Albrecht Dürer) , G1117,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/273800. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G1117 People Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg) Title Frederick III, the Wise, Elector of Saxony Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1524 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/273800 Physical Descriptions Medium Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper Technique Engraving Dimensions plate: 19.7 x 13 cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: ALBERTVS • DVRER • NVR • FACIEBAT inscription: in background to left of the sitter's head, engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD inscription: in tablet below the portrait, engraved eulogy and date printed in black ink: · CHRISTO · SACRVM ·/ ILLE · DEI VERBO · MAGNA PIETATE · FAVEBAT · / · PERPETVA · DIGNVS · POSTERITATE · COLL · / · D · FRID · DVCI · SAXON · S · R · IMP · / · ARCHIM CV ELECTORI · / · ALBERTVS · DVRER · NVR · FACIEBAT · / · B · M · F · V · V · / · M · D · XXIII · inscription: verso, red chalk or crayon: [illegible, not in Lugt] inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B. 104 / [looped trefoil] / Cabt.H30 collector's mark: verso, graphite: E. G. H. [Edward Hale Greenleaf (Lugt 5207)] collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink: GRAY COLLECTION, / 1117 / 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 ic/ii Standard Reference Number Bartsch 104, Meder 102, Strauss 101 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G1117 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
