2007.154: Saint Veronica with the Vera Icon

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2007.154

People

Monogrammist HL
After Hans Burgkmair the Elder, German (Augsburg 1473 - 1531 Augsburg)

Title

Saint Veronica with the Vera Icon

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The Sudarium Held by the Mother of Sorrows

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

16th century

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/319345

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

sheet: 30 x 15.5 cm (11 13/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: HL
• inscription: printed, within lower portion of image: HL
• collector's mark: verso, lower left, black ink, stamped: A. F. D. (within oval), stamp of Ambroise Firmin-Didiot (1790-1876), Lugt 119
• collector's mark: verso, center, brown ink, stamped: stamp of Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna (1836-1909), Lugt 2773
• inscription: verso in graphite pencil: various notations and numbers

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Ambroise Firmin-Didiot (1790-1876), Paris, (Lugt 119). Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna (1836-1909), Prague, (Lugt 2773). Sam Josefowitz, Pully, Switzerland. [C. G. Boerner LLC.], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2007.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

copy after H. 54 (Burgkmair)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints

Accession Year

2007

Object Number

2007.154

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/02/2016 - 09/01/2016

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