M25839: Beheading of John the Baptist

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M25839

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Beheading of John the Baptist

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1510

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/94086

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 19.3 × 12.9 cm (7 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.)
sheet: 20.8 × 14.2 cm (8 3/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: AD
• inscription: at upper right, woodcut \date printed in black ink: 1510
• inscription: on executioner's block, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• inscription: verso, graphite: hc 231
• collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with accession number written below in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / M25839 [Lugt 936]
• watermark: Meder watermark 20: high crown

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Moritz von Kuffner, Vienna, Collector. Von Kuffner was a later 19th-c. collector. His family retained the collection until recently, and has been selling the prints through Artemis, the firm from whom the museum purchased this print in 2003.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

Meder a

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 125, Meder 231

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints

Accession Year

2003

Object Number

M25839

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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