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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
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