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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.80
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Hans Weiditz, German (before 1500 - after 1536)
Title
Emperor Maximilian
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1519
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/315241

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut on dark cream antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 54.5 x 38.2 cm (21 7/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: AD monogram lower right
  • inscription: at lower right corner, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • inscription: inscription identifying the sitter at each side of his head, and the date of this woodcut, the year of the sitter's death. : IMPERATOR.../ CAESAR.../....Der Teür Fürst....1519.
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 2652/480 / LC- / G 8-03
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with accession number written below in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 2006.80 [Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder 4th block, 2/2 a/d
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 154, Meder 255

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Sally Anne Duncan in honor of Marjorie B. Cohn
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.80
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Dürer produced this woodcut portrait just before the death of the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian of Austria (1459-1519). It is based on a sketch that the artist made of the Emperor during the Diet of Augsburg in 1518. Maximilian is pictured without imperial regalia, save the collar of the Royal Order of the Golden Fleece, although the imperial coats of arms are depicted above his head. Four versions of this woodcut exist, printed from four different block, all made to satisfy the demand for images of Maximilian after his death. This one is from the fourth block with an architectural frame added by Hans Weiditz.

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