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Identification and Creation

Object Number
158.1984
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Saint George and the Dragon
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1504-c. 1505
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/300011

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 21.3 x 14.2 cm (8 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: AD [monogram]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with number within written in graphite: bicuspid / 84
  • inscription: on a stone block at the lower right corner, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 13c

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
William M. Ivins, gift; to Bryson and Louise Guerber Burroughs, sold; [through James A. Bergquist]; to private collector, 1984

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder b or c/d
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch. 111, Meder 225

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan in honor of Jakob Rosenberg
Object Number
158.1984
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

Verification Level

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