The Birth of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer
Germany
1471 – 1528

The Birth of the Virgin
plate 4, from the series The Life of the Virgin
c 1503-04; published 1511
woodcut on paper
Place made
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
31.7 x 22.8 cm (sheet)
29.7 x 20.8 cm (image)
Credit line
Bequest of David Murray 1908
Accession number
084G1148
Signature and date
Signed, in block, bot.c. "AD" in monogram. Not dated.
Catalogue raisonne
B.80; M.192; Holl/G 192; S.W.78; TIB v.10, p.351, .280 (1511 text edition)
Media category
Print
Collection area
European prints
Image credit
Photo: AGSA

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