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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4467
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Imprisonment of the Dragon, and the New Jerusalem
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Apocalypse
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1497
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274013

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 39.1 × 28.1 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/16 in.)
sheet: 41 × 29.4 cm (16 1/8 × 11 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, to right of center, graphite: 75
  • inscription: upper sheet edge, to left of center, graphite: 74
  • inscription: upper right sheet corner, brown ink: 5
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    GRAY COLLECTION, / 4467 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
1511 edition, Meder a/b
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 75, Meder 178

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4467
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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