G1130: Nativity, with Adoration of the Shepherds

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1130

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Nativity, with Adoration of the Shepherds

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/273931

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 29.8 × 21 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: Meder 62
• inscription: on stone block in center foreground, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• drawing: verso, graphite: [tracing on the watermark, ox head (Meder 82)]
• inscription: verso, graphite: B. 85 1 e
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 1130 / 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

proof before text, Meder a

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 85, Meder 197

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1130

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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