G4475: Rape of a Young Woman
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- G4475
- People
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Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
- Title
- Rape of a Young Woman
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1516
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/299853
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
- plate: 30.8 x 21.2 cm (12 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: on cloud at upper center, etched artist's monogram and date printed in black ink: 1516 / AD
- collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink: GRAY COLLECTION, / 4475 / Harvard College. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- i/ii
- Standard Reference Number
- Bartsch 72, Meder 67, Strauss 84
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
- Object Number
- G4475
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997
- Susan Dackerman, "Dürer's etchings: printed drawings?", exh. cat., ed. Michael Cole, Pennsylvania State University Press (University Park, Penn., 2006), repr. as fig 32 on p. 43
Verification Level
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