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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G20
People
Heinrich Aldegrever, German (Paderborn, Germany 1502 - after 1555 Soest, Germany)
After Cornelis Antonisz. Theunissen (c. 1505 - 1553)
Title
Fortune
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Fortuna
Series/Book Title: Virtues and Vices
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1549
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/277657

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, discolored to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 7 x 4.9 cm (2 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in design, top right: FORTVNA 4 / 1549 / AG [monogram]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 20
  • inscription: verso, graphite: B106

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 106, Bartsch 106

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G20
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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