G1124: Joachim and Anna Embracing Under the Golden Gate

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1124

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Joachim and Anna Embracing Under the Golden Gate

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1509

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273929

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

sheet: 30 × 20.6 cm (11 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: Meder 127: triangle and flower
• drawing: verso, graphite: tracing of the watermark, triangle and flower
• inscription: on tablet at lower left, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• inscription:
• label: verso, text printed with type in black ink: DIVA MARIA...propago dabat.
• inscription: verso, graphite: B 79.
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 1124 / 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

with text

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 79, Meder 191

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1124

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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