G4466: Worship of the Seven-headed Dragon and the Monster with Ram's Horns, and the Son of Man

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G4466

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Worship of the Seven-headed Dragon and the Monster with Ram's Horns, and the Son of Man

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Apocalypse

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1497

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274012

Physical Descriptions

Medium

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

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 38.8 × 27.7 cm (15 1/4 × 10 7/8 in.)
sheet: 40.9 × 28.9 cm (16 1/8 × 11 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower edge, centered, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• inscription: lower sheet edge, to right of center, graphite: 74[struck through] 73
• inscription: upper sheet edge, to left of center, gray ink[?]: 11
• inscription: upper right sheet corner, brown ink: 14
• watermark: Meder watermark 127: flower with a triangle
• inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: L.S. Laudent...Seqiutur Duodecima figura.
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite:
  GRAY COLLECTION, / 4466. / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

with Latin text, 1511 edition

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 74, Meder 175

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund

Object Number

G4466

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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