G1138: Death of the Virgin

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1138

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Death of the Virgin

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1510

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273932

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 29.4 × 20.6 cm (11 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: on the left and right feet of the chest at the foot of the bed, woodcut date and artist's monogram printed in black ink: 1510 / AD
• inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: MARIA SVPRA CHOROS...perpetis imperij.
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 1138 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
• inscription: verso, graphite: B. 93

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 93, Meder 205

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1138

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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