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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G7812
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Agony in the Garden
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Christ on the Mount of Olives
Series/Book Title: Engraved Passion
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1508
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274078

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 11.5 x 7.2 cm (4 1/2 x 2 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: engraved artist's monogram and date printed in black ink in right foreground: 1508 / AD
  • collector's mark: black atmp at lower right corner: M [surmounted by a cross] [Joseph Maberly (Lugt 1845)]
  • collector's mark: verso, red stamp: H. F. S. [Henry Foster Sewall (Lugt 1309)]
  • collector's mark: verso, red stamp with numerals added in brown ink: M. F. A. / H. D. P. Coll. / No. _____ 200. [number written above stamped underline; the stamp is illegible] [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with initials written within in brown ink: M. F. A. / Cancelled / S. R. K. ........ Ctor [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, cancellation stamp (similar to Lugt 1869), initials of Sylvester Rosa Koeller]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with numerals written within in brown ink: GRAY COLLECTION, / 7812 / Harvard College [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder a or b
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 4, Meder 4, Strauss 48

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G7812
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Dürer's Passions, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2000 - 12/03/2000

Verification Level

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