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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M22754
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Saint Christopher
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1521
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/254488

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 11.8 × 7.4 cm (4 5/8 × 2 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left corner, on stone block, engraved artist's monogram and date printed in black ink: 1521 / AD
  • collector's mark: verso, circular stamp in brown ink with lettering within double borderlines and a flag within the center: BREMEN KUNSTHALLE [Bremen Kunsthalle Kupferstichkabinett (lugt 292)]
  • collector's mark: verso, stamp in brown ink with lettering within a rectangular borderline: Doublette der / Kunthalle Bremen [Bremen Kunsthalle Kupferstichkabinett (lugt 293)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with accession number written below in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / M22758 [the first line illegible ([Lugt 936)]
  • inscription: verso, graphite inscription: 1713 [within a circle]
  • inscription: verso, various brown ink inscriptions: A13, / 70. Ao [illeg.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Barnard, (1419).
Bremen Kunsthalle, (292, 293). duplicate stamp
T. Jefferson Coolidge Jr., (1429 (no stamp)). grandfather of donor

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder a-b
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 52; Meder 52; Strauss 95

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of J. Linzee Coolidge
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
M22754
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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