M26262: The Monstrous Sow of Landser

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M26262

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

The Monstrous Sow of Landser

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The Monstrous Pig

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1496

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/53888

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 12 x 12.8 cm (4 3/4 x 5 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: AD [monogram]
• inscription: verso, graphite: Collection A. France [Anatole France? not in Lugt]
• secondary: verso, what appears to be black printer's ink offset from another impression: [blotches of black printer's ink which do not resilve into a design]
• inscription: verso, graphite: 432/uo9[?]
• collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with accession number written below in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / M26262 [Lugt 936]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Anatole France. Possibly Anatole France: Inscribed on verso: collection A. France

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

Meder a?

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 95, Meder 82, Strauss10

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints

Accession Year

2005

Object Number

M26262

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024

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