Coat of Arms with a Skull
artistCopy after
Albrecht Dürer
(Nuremberg, 1471 - 1528, Nuremberg)
Date19th century
Place MadeGermany, Europe
MediumPen and ink on vellum
Dimensions21.7 x 15.7 cm (8 9/16 x 6 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Musuem, Boston
Accession number1.4.o.47
eMuseum ID722761
EmbARK ObjectID12344
Original Number1.3.o.48
TMS Source ID1476
Last Updated10/3/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesExhibition of Works by the Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School... Exh. cat. (London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1895), p. 47, no. 19. (as for or after the engraving by Dürer)
Christie, Manson and Woods. Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Drawings by Old Masters formed by a Well-known Amateur during the last Forty Years (London, 12-14 May 1902), p. 14, lot 114. (as by Dürer, 1503; "differes in several respects from the engraving")
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 16. (as "Pen and Ink Drawing... Coat of Arms with the Skull"; as by Albrecht Dürer, 1503)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), p. 66. (as copy of an engraving by Dürer)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 299-300, n1. (as "a mere copy of an engraving by Dürer")
Christie, Manson and Woods. Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Drawings by Old Masters formed by a Well-known Amateur during the last Forty Years (London, 12-14 May 1902), p. 14, lot 114. (as by Dürer, 1503; "differes in several respects from the engraving")
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 16. (as "Pen and Ink Drawing... Coat of Arms with the Skull"; as by Albrecht Dürer, 1503)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), p. 66. (as copy of an engraving by Dürer)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 299-300, n1. (as "a mere copy of an engraving by Dürer")
MarksNotesInitialed (recto, on tablet): AD [Albrecht Durer in monogram]
Dated (recto, on stone): 1503 [these marks are copied from the engraving]
Initialed in ink (recto, upper left corner): JCR [John Charles Robinson]
Dated (recto, on stone): 1503 [these marks are copied from the engraving]
Initialed in ink (recto, upper left corner): JCR [John Charles Robinson]
ProvenanceNotesCollection of Sir John Charles Robinson (1824–1913), museum curator, collector, and connoisseur, London by 1895.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at auction from the sale of Sir John Charles Robinson's collection at Christie, Manson and Woods, London on 13 May 1902 for £720, through the dealers Thomas Agnew & Sons, lot 114. (as work by Durer)
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at auction from the sale of Sir John Charles Robinson's collection at Christie, Manson and Woods, London on 13 May 1902 for £720, through the dealers Thomas Agnew & Sons, lot 114. (as work by Durer)
