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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G6616
People
Edited by Hans Burgkmair the Elder, German (Augsburg 1473 - 1531 Augsburg)
Previously attributed to Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
The Triumph of Maximilian
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Triumphal Procession
Original Language Title: Der Triumphzug Kaiser Maximilians
Former Title: Arch of Honor
Classification
Prints
Work Type
book
Date
1518
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274076

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bound book without inner title or other printed text, containing thirty-six woodcuts printed in black ink on heavy white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
binding dimensions, both covers and pages: 40 × 48.8 × 1.2 cm (15 3/4 × 19 3/16 × 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: On the recto of the front flyleaf of the book, there is a lengthy ink inscription in English describing works by Dürer in Nurmberg and elsewhere; this is legible in the photograph. There is also a graphite inscription, not legible in the photograph, that is transcribed here. This graphite inscription is followed by numbers of plates, presumably.: The numbering of the plates is that of the 1796 edition.
  • inscription: The lower right corner of each print has a graphite checkmark; the upper right corner of each print numbered in graphite, as is noted on the records for the individual prints.: [checkmarks]
  • inscription: front cover of the volume, covered with green cloth, centered, heavily stamped in gold leaf: THE / TRIUMPH / OF / MAXIMILIAN.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
?1796, London: J. Edwards, Pall Mall
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 138, Meder 251, p. 253

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G6616
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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