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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M21425.10
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Saint John Devouring the Book
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Apocalypse
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1497
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379960

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened and soiled
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 39 × 28.2 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
sheet: 46.2 × 30.4 cm (18 3/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower edge, to right of center, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • inscription: upper right corner, black ink: X [roman numeral 10]
  • inscription: verso, extensive quotations from the bible printed typographically in black ink: L.S. Vidit Johannes...Sequitur Nona figura.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Bernard Quaritch, London], sold; to Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, 1884, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1919

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
with the Latin text
Edition
1511
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 70, Meder 172

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
M21425.10
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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