Harvard Art Museums > G1125: Birth of the Virgin 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"Birth of the Virgin (Albrecht Dürer) , G1125,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/273930. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G1125 People Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg) Title Birth of the Virgin Other Titles Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin Classification Prints Work Type print Date c. 1503 Places Creation Place: Europe, Germany Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/273930 Physical Descriptions Medium Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper Technique Woodcut Dimensions Block: 29.5 × 20.6 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: lower edge, center, on tablet, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD drawing: verso, graphite, tracing of the watermark: triangle and blossom watermark: Meder watermark 127: triangle and blossom inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: MARIA TRES ANNOS...diva, dies. inscription: verso, graphite: B 80 / 84 collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 1125 / 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 80, Meder 192 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G1125 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
