G4202: Mucius Scaevola Burning His Hand

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G4202

People

Albrecht Altdorfer, German (Regensburg c. 1480 - 1538 Regensburg)

Title

Mucius Scaevola Burning His Hand

Other Titles

Former Title: Mutius Scaevola

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

16th century

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/277257

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 6.5 × 3.8 cm (2 9/16 × 1 1/2 in.)
sheet: 7.4 × 4.7 cm (2 15/16 × 1 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate on thealtar's pedestal: AA [monogram]
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: O[or G].A.O. [within an oblong borderline; Count Alexandre Borisovitch Lobanoff-Rostovsky (Lugt 2009)]
• collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: BB [monogram; Cabinet Bretano-Birckenstock (Lugt 345)]
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836) 4202
• inscription: verso, graphite: 40

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Cabinet Bretano-Birckenstock, (L345).
Comte A. B. Lobanoff-Rotovsky, (L2005).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein e.49, Bartsch 40, Hollstein 49

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G4202

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Northern Renaissance Art: Selected Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/28/1984 - 04/08/1984

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