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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G16
People
Heinrich Aldegrever, German (Paderborn, Germany 1502 - after 1555 Soest, Germany)
Title
Susanna Surprised by the Elders
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Story of Susanna
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1555
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/277541

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 11.3 × 8.1 cm (4 7/16 × 3 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, black ink, cursive: Jean Martin frederic Geissler graveur / en paysage a Paris 1812. (Johann Martin Friedrich Geissler (Lugt 1072)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 16
  • inscription: verso, graphite: B. 30. Susanna surprise.a. z. z.
  • inscription: in plate, on tablet at fountain: 1555 / AA [monogram]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 30, Bartsch 30

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G16
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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