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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.239
People
Albrecht Altdorfer, German (Regensburg c. 1480 - 1538 Regensburg)
After Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian (Argini, Italy c. 1470 - c. 1527 Bologna, Italy ?)
Title
Crouching Venus
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1525-1530
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370214

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 6.1 × 4 cm (2 3/8 × 1 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, on pedestal, in plate: AA [in monogram]
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: J.433
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: C 8551
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: W55
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 551
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: B 33
  • inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink: 1833WC
  • collector's mark: verso, upper left, brown ink: [wing, paddle?, wing] [Lugt 2773, mark of Adalbert von Lanna]
  • inscription: verso, upper center, graphite, erased: 33
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite, erased: [illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Baron Adalbert von Lanna (1836-1909), Prague (Lugt 2773). [R. M. Light & Co., Inc., Boston, New York, and Scottsdale], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon (Mrs. Hugh Matthews), Cambridge, 1966, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Hollstein 40; Waldmann 55; New Hollstein e.40

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.239
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/25/2022 - 02/02/2023

Verification Level

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