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Object Type
print
Museum number
E,4.56
Description
Virgin with the Child and St Anne. c.1501 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Albrecht Dürer
School/style
German
Production date
1501
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
116 millimetres
Width:
71 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog
(43)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VII.50.29)
Dodgson 1926 / Albrecht Dürer
(26)
Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations
(I.27)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
virgin and child
Associated names
Representation of:
St Anne
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Representation of:
Virgin Mary
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(probably)
Acquisition date
1799
(probably)
Acquisition notes
No indication of provenance on the verso, but the quality of the impression is very good
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
E,4.56
Conservation
Treatment
: 01 Apr 1997