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The Holy Family: P.1650-1991

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

The Holy Family
The Holy Kinship with the Lute-Playing Angel

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hopfer, Hieronymus
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Note

Only state. Reverse copy after a woodcut by Dürer.

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 232 mm Width 152 mm
Sheet Height 232 mm Width 152 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: I.H, surmounted by a hop flower or pinecone
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: Origl
  • Location: Verso, on backing sheet
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Jerome Hopfer / about 1535
  • Location: Verso, on backing sheet
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: R/oor/M
  • Location: Verso, on backing sheet
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1650-1991
Primary reference Number: 83075
Bartsch: 12
Illustrated Bartsch: 12
Hollstein (German): 14 Only state
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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