The Death of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer
Germany
1471 – 1528

The Death of the Virgin
plate 17, from the series The Life of the Virgin
1510; published 1511
woodcut on paper
Place made
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
30.2 x 21.5 cm (sheet)
29.4 x 20.7 cm (image)
Credit line
South Australian Government Grant 1964
Accession number
647G26
Signature and date
Signed and dated in block, lower c. "1510", "AD" in monogram
Catalogue raisonne
B.93; M.205; Holl/G 205; S.W.146; TIB v.10, p.369, .293 (1511 text edition)
Media category
Print
Collection area
European prints

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