Vanitas | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2016.82
People: Christoph Jamnitzer, German (1563 - 1618)
Title: Vanitas
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: New Book of Grotesques
Original Language Title: Neuen Groteßken Buch
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1610
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/349733

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 14.6 x 18.5 cm (5 3/4 x 7 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: inscribed, verso, graphite: Jamnitzer
label: now removed from old mat, printed and typewritten text: [printed:] Christopher Mendez 51 LEXINGTON STREET LONDON W1R 4HL / Artist [typewritten:] Christoph Jamnitzer / [printed:] Title [typewritten:] Etching from the Neuen Grotteschen Buch, 1610 / [printed:] References [typewritten:] Warncke 928 / [printed:] Provenance

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Christopher Mendez, London]. Edith I. Welch, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition: 2nd
Standard Reference Number: Warncke II 928

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch
Accession Year: 2016
Object Number: 2016.82
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/06/2019 - 07/17/2019

Verification Level

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2016.82: Vanitas