2021.239: Crouching Venus
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2021.239
- People
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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
- Date
- c. 1525-1530
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/370214
Location
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3620, University Study Gallery
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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
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- 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
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/25/2022 - 02/02/2023
- The Solomon Collection: Dürer to Degas and Beyond, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/24/2025 - 08/17/2025
Verification Level
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