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Harrowing of Hell (Large Passion)
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
1510
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Block: 39.2 x 28.0 cm (15 7/16 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Stephen Bullard Memorial Fund
Accession Number68.258
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (relief) 014; Meder 121, 1511 edition with Latin text
Description1511 edition
Signed
right of lower center on rock: [Dürer's monogram]
Marks
watermark: rose and triangle; verso, collector's stamp in black of an owl [H. Marx; Lugt 2816a]; collector's stamp in brown: Tomás Harris [not in Lugt]; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 68.258
Inscriptionsdate in block: 1510; [text on verso]
ProvenanceH. Marx (d. 1948, Lugt 2816a), England. Tomás Harris (b. 1908 - d. 1964), London. 1968, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London; 1968, sold by Colnaghi to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1968)