The Nativity

Albrecht Dürer
Germany
1471 – 1528

The Nativity
plate 4 from the 'Small Passion'
c 1510; published 1511
woodcut on paper
Place made
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
12.6 x 9.6 cm (image)
13.7 x 10.6 cm (sheet)
Credit line
Bequest of David Murray 1908
Accession number
084G1089
Signature and date
Signed, in block, l.r. "AD" in monogram, the 'D' reversed. Not dated.
Provenance
David Murray (b.1829 - d.1907), Adelaide
Catalogue raisonne
B.20 ; M.129 (text edition 1511) ; Holl/G 129(b) ; S.W.140; TIB v.10, p.264, .220 (Latin book edition 1511)
Media category
Print
Collection area
European prints

  • Durer and German Renaissance Printmaking, 1996-1997

    Cairns Art Gallery, 28 March 1996 – 11 May 1997
    Art Gallery of South Australia, 6 December 1996 – 23 February 1997
    Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, 20 June 1997 – 3 August 1997
    Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, 13 August 1997 – 28 September 1997
    Newcastle Art Gallery, 18 October 1997 – 30 November 1997
    Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu, 17 March 1999 – 16 May 1999