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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G7820
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Christ Carrying the Cross
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Engraved Passion
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1512
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274080

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
cut to plate: 11.6 x 7.3 cm (4 9/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: signed and dated on the plate, upper right, with the artist's device: 1512 / AD [in monogram]
  • collector's mark: recto, in lower right foreground, black stamp: M [surmounted by a cross] [Joseph Maberly (Lugt 1845)]
  • collector's mark:
  • inscription: verso, red stamp with initials inscribed in brown ink on the dotted line: 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, red stamp with numbers inscribed in brown ink above the stamped line: M. F. A. / H. D. P. Coll. / No. _____ 208 [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with inscribed graphite numbers: GRAY COLLECTION, / 7820 / Harvard College [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 12

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder a or b
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 12, Meder 12, Strauss 64

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G7820
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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