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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4453
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Calling of Saint John
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Apocalypse
Alternate Title: Seven Golden Candlesticks
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1498
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273040

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 39.3 × 27.9 cm (15 1/2 × 11 in.)
sheet: 40.8 × 29.4 cm (16 1/16 × 11 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: recto, center; Meder watermark 259: Tower and crown
  • inscription: Recto, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • inscription: bottom sheet edge toward right, graphite: 62
  • inscription: verso, text printed with type in black ink: ribus. Sed babeo....de celo a deo...Sequitur Secunda figura.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: K.131 / B. 62

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
1511 edition
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 62, Meder 165

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4453
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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