G6992: Holy Trinity

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G6992

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Holy Trinity

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1511

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274074

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

sheet: 39.8 × 28.6 cm (15 11/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
block: 39.3 × 28 cm (15 1/2 × 11 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: signed and dated lower center with artist's device: 15 AD [in monogram] 11
• inscription: lower edge, centered, on a tablet, woodcut artist’s monogram and date printed in black ink : 15 AD 11
• inscription: verso, brown ink: Bot. of W. Wunderlich & Co. / July 1890. / for $85.-.
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Sligluniay25[?] / a15990 / N 18 of[?] 25
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite:
  GRAY COLLECTION, / 6992. / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

Meder b/i

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 122, Meder 187

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G6992

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2015 - 03/02/2016

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