Rape of a Young Woman | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G4475
People: 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: print
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

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
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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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