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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4476
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Four Naked Women
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Four Witches
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1497
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273362

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 19.3 × 12.8 cm (7 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, graphite: E. G. H. [Edward Hale Greenleaf (Lugt 5207)]
  • inscription: lower edge, to right of center, engraved artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Albert Durer / P N 75 / K. N. 5044

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder d/h
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 75; Hollstein VII.63.69; Mder 69; Strauss 19; Schoch, Mende and Scherbaum 17

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4476
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Emily J. Peters, ed., The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650, exh. cat., Rhode Island School of Design Museum (Providence, RI, 2009), cat. no. 6, repr. as pl. 4 on p. 53 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

Exhibition History

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