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Object Type
print
Museum number
E,3.97
Title
Series:
Life of the Virgin
Description
Late impression of one illustration from the series; Nativity, in a ruined house, the Virgin on the right praying in front of the new born child placed on a bed of straw, with Joseph entering from the left. c.1502-3 Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
Albrecht Dürer
School/style
German
Production date
1502-1503
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
299 millimetres
Width:
210 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The series concists of 20 woodcuts and was first published in book form in Nuremberg in 1511. The woodcut is bound together with other late impressions of the Life of the Virgin, the Large Passion, and the Small Passion in an BM-album.
Bibliographic references
Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog
(197)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VII.132.85)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(I.289.45)
(cf)
Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations
(II.175)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
life of virgin
Associated names
Representation of:
Virgin Mary
Representation of:
St Joseph
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Sir Hans Sloane
(probably)
Acquisition date
1753
(probably)
Acquisition notes
For a comment, see E,3.90
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
E,3.97