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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M798
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
High Priest Refusing the Offer of Joachim
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Life of the Virgin
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1504
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255287

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 29.1 × 21 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: Meder watermark 169: balance in a circle, a star or blossom above
  • drawing: verso, graphite: The outline of the watermark is lightly sketched
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Proof impr. before[underlined] the text / watermark is a pair of scales in a circle / [illeg. m. passion No. 22.a / B. 77. OHCy[?] 76. HC[?] No. 81
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 798 [Lugt 936]
  • inscription: foreground center, on a tablet, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Mary Hemenway, by descent; to her heirs, gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1918

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
proof before text
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 77, Meder 189

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Mary Hemenway
Accession Year
1918
Object Number
M798
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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