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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4486
People
School of Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Saint Christopher
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1525
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274071

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 44.9 × 19 cm (17 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: Meder watermark 183: Augsburg shield with HH
  • inscription: upper left corner, woodcut artist’s monogram and date printed in black ink : 15AD25.
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: [illeg.] die fest / Striche fur Streit [illeg.]stelle / Na[illeg.] / der h[illeg.].frei[illeg.] durer[illeg.] / vi[illeg.] pd. A[illeg.] / No. 21. // A687/M. H[?]. Z. / B.pg.6. V[illeg.] pag 127. no. 105 / E [illeg.] stock / 105 / Z g /ecd-/5x- / B.105/H1827 / 3031 /Weber [illeg.] 1865 / 3 [illeg.]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: KEvLiphart [Kark Eduard von Liphart (Lugt 1687)]
  • collector's mark: verso, graphite:
    E. H. G. [Edward Hale Greenleaf (Lugt 5207)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    GRAY COLLECTION, / 4486 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder iii/iii
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 105; Meder without number, but between Meder 223 and 224

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4486
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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