G1080: Virgin Seated Caressing the Child

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1080

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Virgin Seated Caressing the Child

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The Madonna by the Tree

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1513

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274106

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 11.5 × 7.2 cm (4 1/2 × 2 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: at top center, engraved artist's monogram and date printed in black ink: 1513 / AD
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp:
  HW [Hermann Weber (Lugt 1383)]
  
• collector's mark: verso, graphite: E. H. Greenleaf
  [Edward Hale Greenleaf (Lugt 5207)]
  
• (not assigned): verso, graphite: B. 33
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink:
  GRAY COLLECTION, / 1080 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
  

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Weber. Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

Meder a/e

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 35, Meder.34, Strauss 70

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G1080

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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