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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10277
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
The Four Riders of the Apocalypse
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Apocalypse
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1497-1498
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/304471

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 39 x 28.1 cm (15 3/8 x 11 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: at lower edge, to left of center, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 6321 / B. 64 / 4 / 66.2282
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: [squiggle]
  • collector's mark: verso, red stamp: H S T. [not in Lugt]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 10.277 [Lugt 936]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Paul J. Sachs, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
proof before text
Edition
proof before text
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 64; Meder 167

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
M10277
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), cat. no. 93, repr.
  • Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997

Exhibition History

  • Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965] Given and Bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/15/1965 - 01/15/1966; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 12/19/1966 - 02/26/1967
  • Northern Renaissance Art: Selected Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/28/1984 - 04/08/1984
  • Re-View: S426A (Large Niche) HAA252k The Age of Durer, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/13/2008 - 02/06/2009
  • A Colloquium in the Visual Arts , Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022

Verification Level

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