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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.285
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
The Promenade
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1498
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/317854

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 19 x 12 cm (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: porusipu___? [text runs into repaired tear]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: B. 94 / H. 83
  • collector's mark: vesro, black stamp: KUPFERSTICH[missing the E] SAMMLUNG [lower part of inscription illegible] [within a circular borderline, surrounding a crowned crest] [Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich (Lugt 1093)]
  • watermark: u.c., on top of repaired tear: geometric shape, reminiscent of two joined rhombi, with wires crossing at the top.
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp with graphite dating: Veräussert / 30.6.20 [within a rectangular borderline] [duplicate stamp of Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich (Lugt 2481a)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with accession number written below in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 2006.285 [Lugt 936]
  • inscription: foreground, centered, engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder h?
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 94, Meder 83, Strauss 20

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Waltrud Lampé in memory of Ernst Lampé, Harvard Law School, Class of 1941
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.285
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Dürer's light touch with the graver is particularly in evidence in his early scene of courtly love, which doubles as a memento mori. The lovers-often termed The Ill-Fated Couple-remain fully absorbed and entirely oblivious to the agitated figure of Death wielding his iconic hourglass behind the tree. This fine impression of the Promenade was a duplicate sold from the distinguished engraving collection of the Graphische Sammlung in Munich.

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